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Internationalized Criminal Tribunals

International criminal tribunals exist to investigate and prosecute individual people for serious violations of international criminal law or international humanitarian law – such as war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity – when national authorities are unable or unwilling to do so. Such courts may be established by a multilateral international agreement (“international tribunals”) or by an agreement between one

ICTR

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda began operating from its seat in Arusha, Tanzania in 1995, in the near-immediate aftermath of the Rwandan genocide in which hundreds of thousands of Rwandans lost their lives when the government incited the country’s majority ethnic group to attack the minority group. The ICTR, which was established pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 955 of November

Domestic Prosecutions and Civil Suits

This section covers criminal prosecutions carried out in domestic courts of crimes committed in the national territory, as well as civil suits heard in domestic courts regarding events that occurred in the country or abroad. Also, for a user-friendly introduction to significant domestic precedents with regard to implementation of international humanitarian law, see the International Committee of the Red Cross’

Jurisprudence & Document Databases

Download our guide to Researching International Human Rights Law for a full overview of the available international human rights law databases and websites, for accessing treaty texts, judgments, decisions, resolutions, and other interpretations. The links below identify just a few of these tools. Use the International Justice Resource Center’s custom Google search form to search the websites of the African, European,

International Criminal Law

OVERVIEW International criminal law, though not quite as comprehensively codified or as widely ratified by States as international human rights obligations, is relevant to the study and protection of international human rights because it, generally, is aimed at punishing acts which affect fundamental human rights, namely: life, liberty, and security. The codification of international criminal law can also make sense