United Nations Security Council Resolution 1431
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1431, adopted unanimously on August 14, 2002, after recalling resolutions 827
(1993), 955
(1994), 1165
(1998), 1166
(1998), 1329
(2000) and 1411
(2002), the Council established a pool of temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
(ICTR) in order for it to complete its work as soon as possible.
The Security Council was determined to monitor the progress of the ICTR as closely as possible and was convinced of the need to establish a pool of ad litem judges in order to facilitate the conclusion of its work. Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
, a pool of temporary judges was created and amendments were made to the statutes of the ICTR and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY) accordingly.
The Secretary-General Kofi Annan
was requested to make arrangements for the election of 18 temporary judges and provision of resources to the tribunal. Finally, all countries were urged to co-operate with the ICTR in accordance with obligations under Resolution 955; this was partly in reference to Rwanda
which had been accused of adopting an uncooperative attitude towards the ICTR by the latter's President in their letters to the Council.
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1431, adopted unanimously on August 14, 2002, after recalling resolutions 827
United Nations Security Council Resolution 827
United Nations Security Council Resolution 827, adopted unanimously on May 25, 1993, after reaffirming Resolution 713 and all subsequent resolutions on the topic of the former Yugoslavia, approved report S/25704 of Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali, with the Statute of the International...
(1993), 955
United Nations Security Council Resolution 955
United Nations Security Council Resolution 955, adopted on November 8, 1994, after recalling all resolutions on Rwanda, the Council noted that serious violations of international humanitarian law had taken place in the country and, acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter, established...
(1994), 1165
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1165
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1165, adopted unanimously on April 30, 1998, after recalling Resolution 955 , the Council established a third trial chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ....
(1998), 1166
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1166
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1166, adopted unanimously on May 13, 1998, after recalling Resolution 827 , the Council established a third trial chamber at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ....
(1998), 1329
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1329
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1329, adopted unanimously on November 30, 2000, after recalling resolutions 827 and 955 , the Council enlarged the appeals chambers at both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia...
(2000) and 1411
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1411
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1411, adopted unanimously on May 17, 2002, after recalling resolutions 827 , 955 , 1165 , 1166 and 1329 , the Council amended the statutes of the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia to address the issue of judges...
(2002), the Council established a pool of temporary judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda is an international court established in November 1994 by the United Nations Security Council in Resolution 955 in order to judge people responsible for the Rwandan Genocide and other serious violations of international law in Rwanda, or by Rwandan...
(ICTR) in order for it to complete its work as soon as possible.
The Security Council was determined to monitor the progress of the ICTR as closely as possible and was convinced of the need to establish a pool of ad litem judges in order to facilitate the conclusion of its work. Under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter
Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter sets out the UN Security Council's powers to maintain peace. It allows the Council to "determine the existence of any threat to the peace, breach of the peace, or act of aggression" and to take military and nonmilitary action to "restore international peace...
, a pool of temporary judges was created and amendments were made to the statutes of the ICTR and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
(ICTY) accordingly.
The Secretary-General Kofi Annan
Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the UN from 1 January 1997 to 31 December 2006...
was requested to make arrangements for the election of 18 temporary judges and provision of resources to the tribunal. Finally, all countries were urged to co-operate with the ICTR in accordance with obligations under Resolution 955; this was partly in reference to Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda or , officially the Republic of Rwanda , is a country in central and eastern Africa with a population of approximately 11.4 million . Rwanda is located a few degrees south of the Equator, and is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo...
which had been accused of adopting an uncooperative attitude towards the ICTR by the latter's President in their letters to the Council.
See also
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1401 to 1500 (2002 – 2003)
- Rwandan GenocideRwandan GenocideThe Rwandan Genocide was the 1994 mass murder of an estimated 800,000 people in the small East African nation of Rwanda. Over the course of approximately 100 days through mid-July, over 500,000 people were killed, according to a Human Rights Watch estimate...