Conflict trends · 2001 · 10 citations · 0 references
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The last decade witnessed great achievements in the field of constructing credible institutions of justice in the aftermath of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. In 1993, the United Nations (UN) Security Council established Resolution 827 - the International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) - which was the first international criminal tribunal since Nuremberg and Tokyo. A year later, the Security Council established Resolution 955 - the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICT).