The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was a body of the United Nations that was established to prosecute the war crimes that had been committed during the Yugoslav Wars and to try their perpetrators. The tribunal was an ad hoc court located in The Hague,Netherlands.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 955 in order to adjudicate people charged for the Rwandan genocide and other serious violations of international law in Rwanda,or by Rwandan citizens in nearby states,between 1 January and 31 December 1994. The court eventually convicted 61 individuals and acquitted 14.
Carla Del Ponte is a Swiss former Chief Prosecutor of two United Nations international criminal law tribunals. A former Swiss attorney general,she was appointed prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) in August 1999,replacing Louise Arbour.
Félicien Kabuga is a Rwandan businessman and genocide suspect who played a major role in the run-up to the Rwandan genocide. A multimillionaire,he was closely connected to dictator Juvénal Habyarimana's Hutu nationalist MRND party and the Akazu,an informal group of Hutu extremists who helped lead the Rwandan genocide.
Serge Brammertz is a Belgian prosecutor,academic and jurist. He serves as the chief prosecutor for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) since 2016. He also served as the chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) from 2008 until its closure in 2017.
Navanethem "Navi" Pillay is a South African jurist who served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights from 2008 to 2014. A South African of Indian Tamil origin,Pillay was the first non-white woman judge of the High Court of South Africa. She has also served as a judge of the International Criminal Court and President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Her four-year term as High Commissioner for Human Rights began on 1 September 2008 and was extended an additional two years in 2012. In September 2014 Prince Zeid bin Ra'ad succeeded her in her position as High Commissioner for Human Rights. In April 2015,Pillay became the 16th Commissioner of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty. She is also one of the 25 leading figures on the Information and Democracy Commission launched by Reporters Without Borders.
Juvénal Uwilingiyimana (1951–2005) was a Rwandan politician. He held office as Commerce Minister and as the head of national parks. He was an ethnic Hutu and originated in Gisenyi prefecture. In 1989,he was appointed the Minister for Trade in the MRND government of Juvénal Habyarimana. In 1994 he became the director of national tourism in the provisional government following Habyarimana's assassination. The former Rwandan minister was collaborating with the Rwanda International Criminal Court (ICTR),which judges those responsible for the 1994 genocide,and had expressed fear for his life for his collaboration with the ICTR.
Charles Ayodeji Adeogun-Phillips is a former United Nations genocide and war crimes prosecutor,international lawyer and founder of Charles Anthony (Lawyers) LLP.
United Nations Security Council resolution 1505,adopted unanimously on 4 September 2003,after recalling Resolution 1503 (2003),the Council appointed Hassan Bubacar Jallow as Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1966,adopted on December 22,2010,after recalling resolutions 827 (1993) and 955 (1994),the Council established a residual mechanism to conclude the remaining tasks of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda (ICTR) and former Yugoslavia (ICTY). It was the final Security Council resolution adopted in 2010.
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) or the MICT in Kinyarwanda,also known simply as the Mechanism,is an international court established by the United Nations Security Council in 2010 to perform the remaining functions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) following the completion of those tribunals' respective mandates. It is based in both Arusha,Tanzania and The Hague,Netherlands.
Peter Robinson is an American lawyer who has defended political and military leaders at the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals. His clients include Bosnian Serb President Radovan Karadžić,Rwandan National Assembly President Joseph Nzirorera,Yugoslav Army Chief of Staff Dragoljub Ojdanic,and the lawyer for Liberian President Charles Taylor.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1774 was unanimously adopted on 14 September 2007.
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2038 was unanimously adopted on 29 February 2012. It appoints a new prosecutor for the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.
Mohamed Chande Othman is a Tanzanian lawyer and a former Chief Justice of Tanzania.
Bongani Christopher Majola is an advocate of the High Court of South Africa,an academic,human rights scholar,and the previous Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). He currently serves as the chairperson of the South African Human Rights Commission.
Abubacarr Marie "Ba" Tambadou is a Gambian lawyer and politician who is currently the Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals,an international court founded by the United Nations Security Council. From 2017 to 2020,Tambadou served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General in Gambian President Adama Barrow's cabinet.
The Solicitor General of the Gambia is a senior government lawyer in the Gambia who serves as the second most senior official in the Ministry of Justice after the Attorney General/Minister of Justice. The incumbent Solicitor General is Cherno Marenah.
The Africa Group for Justice and Accountability (AGJA) is an international,non-governmental group made up of public figures,academics,lawyers and human rights advocates. Its stated purpose is to advocate for justice and accountability for international crimes.
The Truth,Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC) is a truth commission in The Gambia to investigate the Yahya Jammeh era from 1994 to 2017. The process from the announcement of the commission to its launch lasted from 20 July 2017 to 15 October 2018. Its executive secretary is Baba Galleh Jallow,its lead counsel is Essa M. Faal,and the chairperson of the 11-strong commission is Lamin J. Sise.
