In the latter part of the 20th century, the international community witnessed the creation of ad hoc international criminal tribunals in response to some of the worst atrocities committed after World War II. Drawing from the legacy of the Nuremburg Trials and the need to end impunity and ensure justice, leading international law figures, the U.N., and key countries including the U.S. pushed ...

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Former Croatian Military Commander Pleads Guilty to Violating Geneva Conventions International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Announces Transfer of War Crimes Suspect to Bosnia and Herzegovina for National Trial International Criminal Tribunal Announces Transfer and Arrest of Key Suspects ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIB...

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS Former Rwanda Official Surrenders to Tribunal Rwandan Genocide Perpetrators Start Community Service Elements of their Sentences International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Set to Try Up to 70 by 2008 Rwandan Genocide Suspects Facing Prosecution by ICTR ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA The International Crimi...

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UN Security Council Calls for Taylor's Arrest Chief Prosecutor Calls for Nigeria to Extradite Taylor ABOUT THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE The Special Court is a hybrid or 'mixed' tribunal, comprising both international and domestic elements. The Court was set up at the request of President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah, President of Sierra Leone, in June 20...

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS UN Interviewing for Key Khmer Rouge Tribunal Positions ABOUT THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL Between 1975 and early 1979, Pol Pot and Ieng Sary led the Khmer Rouge – the Communist government of Cambodia. Their government turned Cambodia into “killing fields” by emptying all cities and towns, sending entire urban populations to the countryside to farm the land ...