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International Tribunals - Melbourne Manual for International Law Citation ( MMILC )

International Tribunals

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International Criminal Tribunals

General Rule

Rule

This rule applies to the following bodies:

  • the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR);
  • the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY);
  • the Special Court for Sierra Leone; and
  • other such ad hoc international criminal tribunals and courts.

The case number will reflect the tribunal in which the case was heard.


When citing the decisions of these tribunals, the following format should be used:

Prosecutor v <Surname of Defendant> (Phase) Case No <no> (<Full date>) [<Paragraph pinpoint>] (<Supplementary Information>) (< 'Abbreviated Case Name' >).


NOTE: En-dashes and Hyphens in Case Numbers

  • Be sure to check whether the dashes within the Case No are en-dashes or hyphens in the original document
  • In general: They are hyphens


Examples Prosecutor v Tadic Case No IT-94-1-AR72 (2 October 1995) (Decision on the Defence Motion for Interlocutory Appeal on Jurisdiction) ( 'Tadic' ).

Prosecutor v Blagojević and Jokić (Trial Chamber I) Case No IT-02-60-T (17 January 2005) (Judgment) ( 'Blagojević' ).

Prosecutor v Mrksiæ (Appeals Chamber) Case No IT-95-13/1-AR73 (30 July 2003) [10] (Decision on Defence Interlocutory Appeal on Communication with Potential Witnesses of the Opposite Party) ( 'Mrksiæ' ).

Prosecutor v Sikirica (Trial Chamber) Case No IT-95-8-T (3 September 2001) [89] (Judgment on Defence Motions to Acquit).

Prosecutor v Naletilić and Martinović (Second Amended Indictment) Case No IT-98-34-PT (16 October 2001) [11] ( 'Naletilić' ) .

Prosecutor v Prlić (Amended Indictment) Case No IT-04-74-PT (17 November 2005) [15].

Subsequent References

Rule <Abbreviated Case Name> (Phase} Case No <no> (<Full date>) [<Paragraph pinpoint>] (<Supplementary Information if required for distinction between another motion in the same phase>).
Example Mrksiæ (Appeals Chamber) Case No IT-95-13/1-AR73 (30 July 2003) [10] (Decision on Defence Interlocutory Appeal on Communication with Potential Witnesses of the Opposite Party).

Statutes

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, annexed to Resolution 955, SC Res 955, UN SCOR, 49th sess, 3453rd mtg, UN Doc S/RES/955 (1994).

NOTE: After the first citation, this may be abbreviated to: ICTR Statute


International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, annexed to Resolution 827, SC Res 827, UN SCOR, 48th sess, 3217th mtg, UN Doc S/RES/927 (1993).

NOTE: After the first citation, this may be abbreviated to: ICTY Statute

Location

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

  • The statute of the Court is available at:

http://www.ictr.org/ENGLISH/basicdocs/statute.html

  • Judgments and Documents are currently only available on the web:

http://www.ictr.org

  • Judgments are also available on Westlaw. Select the Directory link from the top right of the screen, then click on:
  • International/Worldwide Materials —> Court & Tribunal Cases


International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

  • The statute of the Court is available at:

http://www.un.org/icty/legaldoc/index.htm

  • Judgments and Documents are currently only available on the web:

http://www.un.org/icty

  • Judgments are also available on Westlaw. Select the Directory link from the top right of the screen, then click on:
  • International/Worldwide Materials —> Court & Tribunal Cases

Nuremberg Trials

International Military Tribunal, Trial of the Major War Criminals before the International Military Tribunal, Nuremberg, 14 November 1945–1 October 1946 (1947) Vol 22, 466.

International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)

Rule Case Name (<Parties' Names>) (Phase) (<Full date>) ITLOS Case No <no>, <Pinpoint reference> (<http://www.itlos.org>)('<Abbreviated Case Name>' [if relevant]).
Example Case concerning Land Reclamation by Singapore in and around the Straits of Johor (Malaysia v Singapore) (Request for Provisional Measures) (4 September 2003) ITLOS Case No 6 (<http://www.itlos.org>) (‘Land Reclamation Case’)
The Melbourne University Law Review Association and the Australian Guide to Legal Citation do not endorse these rules and the rules contained in the MMILC do not in any way modify or change the rules contained in the Australian Guide to Legal Citation

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