ICTR / ICTY (now IRMCT)
Ad-hoc UN criminal tribunals · Arusha, Tanzania & The Hague · est. ICTY 1993, ICTR 1994; IRMCT 2010
Tried genocide for Rwanda (Akayesu — the first-ever genocide conviction) and Srebrenica (Krstić). Built the modern legal test for genocidal intent.
United Nations (established by Security Council resolutions).
Created by the UN Security Council; mandates now wound down to a residual mechanism.
Foundational, rigorously-reasoned jurisprudence. Now closed to new cases; the residual mechanism handles appeals and archives.
Created by the UN Security Council. Judges and the prosecutor are nominated and elected through the UN system for fixed terms on the residual mechanism roster. No public membership — a small professional staff supports ongoing cases and archives.
Leadership & members
- Graciela Gatti Santana (Uruguay)President
- Serge Brammertz (Belgium)Prosecutor
- Abubacarr Tambadou (The Gambia)Registrar
- Roster of judgescurrent terms run to 30 June 2026
Named individuals reflect leadership at the time of writing; linked names have individual profiles in this record. See membership & leadership above for how they are selected.
People profiled in this record
On the record
Verbatim quotations in this project attributed to this body or its officials.
Case: rwanda →“There was an intention to wipe out the Tutsi group in its entirety, since even newborn babies were not spared.”
Case: rohingya →“All that The Gambia asks is that you tell Myanmar to stop these senseless killings ... to stop this genocide of its own people.”
Case: srebrenica →“By seeking to eliminate a part of the Bosnian Muslims, the Bosnian Serb forces committed genocide. They targeted for extinction the forty thousand Bosnian Muslims living in Srebrenica.”
Cases in this record
Sources & disclosures
- Cases & case law — IRMCT