In the Declaration of the High-level Meeting on the Rule of Law, Member States stated their commitment to ensuring that impunity is not tolerated for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity or for violations of international humanitarian law and gross violations of human rights law. They also committed to ensuring that such violations are properly investigated and appropriately sanctioned, including by bringing the perpetrators of any crimes to justice, through national mechanisms or, where appropriate, regional or international mechanisms, in accordance with international law [para. 22].
- International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY, 1993-2017): http://www.icty.org/
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR, 1995-2015): http://unictr.unmict.org/
- United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals: http://www.unmict.org/
- Special Court for Sierra Leone / Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone: http://www.rscsl.org/
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en
- Background – United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials: http://www.unakrt-online.org/
- Special Tribunal for Lebanon: http://www.stl-tsl.org/en/
- Justice served: Lebanon’s Special Tribunal closes (31 December 2023): https://news.un.org/en/story/2023/12/1145217
- International Criminal Court (ICC): http://www.icc-cpi.int/
Further Information
- United Nations – What We Do – Uphold International Law: https://www.un.org/en/our-work/uphold-international-law
- International and Hybrid Criminal Courts and Tribunals: https://www.un.org/ola/
- United Nations Office of Legal Affairs (OLA): https://www.un.org/ola/
- 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: https://www.un.org/securitycouncil/content/repertoire/international-tribunals
- United Nations Juridical Yearbooks (Chapter VII – Decisions of international tribunals): http://legal.un.org/unjuridicalyearbook/chapters/chapterVII/
- Dag Hammarskjöld Library – Research Guides & Resources – UN Documentation – International Law: http://research.un.org/en/docs/law
- Courts & Tribunals: http://research.un.org/en/docs/law/courts
- Ask DAG! What is the International Criminal Court (ICC) and what is its relationship with the UN? https://ask.un.org/faq/97157
- Rule-of-law Tools for Post-Conflict States: Maximizing the legacy of hybrid courts (OHCHR, 2008): https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Publications/HybridCourts.pdf
Background Information from the Audiovisual Library of International Law
Historic Archives
- Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, 1993
(Introductory note by Fausto Pocar): http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/icty/icty.html - Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 1994 (Introductory note by Michael Scharf): http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/ictr/ictr.html
- Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, 1998: http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/rsicc/rsicc.html
- Statute for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, 2002: http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/scsl/scsl.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://legal.un.org/avl/ha/abunac/abunac.html
- Agreement between the United Nations and the Lebanese Republic on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for Lebanon, 2007: http://legal.un.org/avl/ha/abunal/abunal.html
Lecture Series
- Courts & Tribunals: http://legal.un.org/avl/ls/courtsandtribunals.html
- Criminal Law & Procedure: http://legal.un.org/avl/ls/criminallaw.html
January 2024
not an official document – for information only
https://unric.org/en/unric-library-backgrounder-special-tribunals/