United Nations Security Council Resolution 1629
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1629, adopted unanimously on September 30, 2005, after considering the Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
(ICTY), the Council decided that Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert could participate in the Mile Mrkšić
case, before her elected term as permanent judge of the Tribunal had begun.
Wyngaert's term was due to begin on November 17, 2005, and the Mrkšić case was to commence on October 3, 2005.
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A United Nations Security Council resolution is a UN resolution adopted by the fifteen members of the Security Council; the UN body charged with "primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security"....
1629, adopted unanimously on September 30, 2005, after considering the Statute of 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), the Council decided that Judge Christine Van Den Wyngaert could participate in the Mile Mrkšić
Mile Mrkšic
Mile Mrkšić is a former Serb Colonel of the Yugoslav People's Army in charge of the unit involved in the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence in 1991...
case, before her elected term as permanent judge of the Tribunal had begun.
Wyngaert's term was due to begin on November 17, 2005, and the Mrkšić case was to commence on October 3, 2005.
See also
- List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1601 to 1700 (2005 – 2006)
- Yugoslav WarsYugoslav warsThe Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...