war crimes tribunal
Genocide prosecution body
A war crimes tribunal is a court established to prosecute individuals for violations of international humanitarian law—genocide, crimes against humanity, and violations of the laws of war.
Some are temporary bodies created after specific conflicts, like the Nuremberg trials or tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.
The International Criminal Court serves as a permanent war crimes tribunal.
The tribunal convicted the general of ordering mass executions.
- judgeOne who decides
- Geneva ConventionsWartime humanitarian treaties
- lawyerLicensed legal representative
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- Human Rights WatchAdvocacy group tracking abuses
court-martial · prosecution · war criminal · survivor testimonies · Amnesty International · truth commission · ICC · international justice · reconciliation · never again · complementarity · Hague Conventions · witness · victim testimony · verdict · massacre · jurisdiction · documentation
- Yugoslav WarsMilosevic, Kosovo War, ethnic cleansing, Yugoslav Wars
- international lawinternational law, treaty, treaties, conventions, protocols
- Balkan HistoryBalkans, Serbia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Montenegro
- Investigative BodiesFBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, NSA
- legal bodiesdistrict court, circuit court, appellate court, federal court, state court
- special courtscourt martial, ICC, International Criminal Court, Star Chamber, military commission
war crimes tribunalmunicipal court
Local government's judicial body
traffic court · small claims court · family court · civil court · county court
war crimes tribunalimpunity
Freedom from consequences
blanket amnesty · amnesty · immunity from prosecution · amnesty law · blanket pardon