International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

It can judge four kinds of crimes : grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, war crimes, genocide, and crimes against humanity. Maximul sentence : life imprisonment.

74 convicted

36 cases terminated

20 indictee's proceedings still ongoing

161 individual indicted, including 141 completed proceedings

13 cases transferred in national courts

18 acquitted

Basic presentation

First international court for criminal justice. It was seen as a necesary step on the way to moral reconstruction of Bosnia

Created in 1993, by the United Nations Security Council.

The Hague, in Netherlands.

Ratko Mladić

Some useful statistics

Focus on three indicted

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Radovan Karadžić

Slobodan Milošević

International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia