Specialtribunals eng

Special Tribunals & other mechanisms The principal judicial organ of the United Nations is the International Court of Justice. Its Statute is annexed to the Charter of the United Nations. The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized UN organs and specialized agencies.

The Organization also supports other judicial mechanisms, such as the ad hoc criminal tribunals and hybrid tribunals, established mainly to address past international crimes in war-torn societies, and fact-finding/investigatorial bodies. Many of these mechanisms are hybrid tribunals or commissions, involving often mixed national and international composition and jurisdiction.

They are set up in cooperation with national authorities under UN auspices and with mandates tailored to the specifics of each situation. http://www.unrol.org/article.aspx?article_id=18

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International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) http://www.icty.org/ International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) http://www.unictr.org/ Special Court for Sierra Leone http://www.sc-sl.org/ Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en Background: http://www.unakrt-online.org/ Special Tribunal for Lebanon http://www.stl-tsl.org/en/ Background: http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocus/lebanon/tribunal/index.shtml Special Panel for Serious Crimes (Timor-Leste) http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~changmin/Serious%20Crimes%20Unit%20Files/default.html http://wcsc.berkeley.edu/east-timor/east-timor-2/ (Documents) http://laohamutuk.org/Justice/JusticeIndex.html#InternationalCrimes (NGO website) Kosovo: use of international judges and prosecutors in the courts of Kosovo, pursuant to regulations of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo http://www.unmikonline.org/regulations/ International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) http://cicig.org United Nations Commission of Inquiry into the facts and circumstances of the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto http://www.un.org/apps/news/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=77&Body=Bhutto&Body1= International Commission of Inquiry on Libya Reports: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/MENARegion/Pages/LYIndex.aspx International Commission of Inquiry on Cote d'Ivoire Report: http://undocs.org/A/HRC/17/48

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United Nations – International Law: http://www.un.org/en/law/ Global Issues on the UN Agenda – International Law: http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/internationallaw/ United Nations Rule of Law - Tribunals & other mechanisms: http://www.unrol.org/article.aspx?article_id=18 Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT): http://www.unmict.org/ International Criminal Court (ICC): http://www.icc-cpi.int United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (OLA): http://untreaty.un.org/ola/Default.aspx General Assembly - Sixth Committee (Legal): http://www.un.org/en/ga/sixth/index.shtml

Research & Documentation    

Repertoire of Practice of the Security Council – International Tribunals: http://www.un.org/en/sc/repertoire/subsidiary_organs/international_tribunals.shtml United Nations Juridical Yearbooks (Chapter VII - Decisions of international tribunals): http://www.un.org/law/UNJuridicalYearbook/index.htm Dag Hammarskjöld Library - Research Guides & Resources - UN Documentation International Law: http://research.un.org/en/docs/law o Courts & Tribunals: http://research.un.org/content.php?pid=409367&sid=3350985 Rule-of-law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts (OHCHR, 2008): http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Publications/HybridCourts.pdf

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Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 1993 (Introductory note by Fausto Pocar): http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/icty/icty.html Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1994 (Introductory note by Michael Scharf): http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/ictr/ictr.html Agreement between the United Nations and the Lebanese Republic on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for Lebanon, 2007: http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/abunal/abunal.html Agreement between the United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia concerning the prosecution under Cambodian law of crimes committed during the period of Democratic Kampuchea, 2003: http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ha/abunac/abunac.html

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Completing the Mandate: The Legal Challenges Facing the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia / by Judge Fausto Pocar: http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ls/Pocar_CLP.html Fairness and Efficiency in the Proceedings of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia / by President Patrick Robinson: http://untreaty.un.org/cod/avl/ls/Robinson_CLP.html

June 2013 not an official document - for information only http://www.unric.org/html/english/library/backgrounders/specialtribunals_eng.pdf