The Security Council commended the progress both tribunals had made in contributing to peace and security in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Welcoming steps taken the concerned states in the Balkans and African Great Lakes region, it noted the objective of both tribunals to apprehend all remaining persons at large and called for the co-operation of countries in this regard. The Council urged states to impose measures against individuals assisting fugitives through travel bans and the freezing of assets.
The preamble of the resolution also envisaged the completion of ICTY and ICTR investigations by 2004, trials by the end of 2008 and all work in 2010 by concentrating on the prosecution of senior leaders.[2] Lower-level officials would be tried at a national level.[3] The strengthening of national judicial systems was crucial to the ICTY and ICTR completion strategies, including the establishment of a war crimes chamber at the ICTY. It was convinced that both tribunals could complete their work more efficiently if each had its own Prosecutor.[4]
All states were urged to co-operate with Interpol in apprehending fugitives while the donor community was asked to support High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the creation of a special chamber at the ICTY to deal with serious violations of international humanitarian law. The Presidents and Prosecutors of both tribunals were asked to report on the implementation of the completion strategies.
Finally, the Secretary-General Kofi Annan was instructed to nominate a Prosecutor for the ICTR, while his decision to nominate Carla Del Ponte as Prosecutor at the ICTY was welcomed.
^"Security Council splits prosecutorial duties for Rwanda, Yugoslavia tribunals". United Nations. 28 August 2003.
^Boas, Gideon (2007). The Milošević trial: lessons for the conduct of complex international criminal proceedings. Cambridge University Press. p. lxxxv. ISBN978-0-521-70039-9.
^Henham, Ralph J.; Behrens, Paul (2007). The criminal law of genocide: international, comparative and contextual aspects. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 177. ISBN978-0-7546-4898-7.
^ ab"Security Council splits prosecutor's job of two UN war crimes tribunals". United Nations News Centre. 28 August 2003.
^van den Herik, Larissa J. (2005). The contribution of the Rwanda Tribunal to the development of international law. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. p. 72. ISBN978-90-04-14580-1.
^Peskin, Victor (2008). International justice in Rwanda and the Balkans: virtual trials and the struggle for state cooperation. Cambridge University Press. p. 217. ISBN978-0-521-87230-0.
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united, nations, security, council, resolution, 1503, united, nations, security, council, resolution, 1503, adopted, unanimously, august, 2003, after, recalling, resolutions, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1165, 1998, 1166, 1998, 1329, 2000, 1411, 2002, 1431, 2002, 1481, 2. United Nations Security Council resolution 1503 adopted unanimously on 28 August 2003 after recalling resolutions 827 1993 955 1994 978 1995 1165 1998 1166 1998 1329 2000 1411 2002 1431 2002 and 1481 2003 the Council decided to split the prosecutorial duties of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ICTY and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ICTR which had previously been under the responsibility of one official Carla Del Ponte since 1999 1 UN Security CouncilResolution 1503Carla Del PonteDate28 August 2003Meeting no 4 817CodeS RES 1503 Document SubjectThe International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for RwandaVoting summary15 voted forNone voted againstNone abstainedResultAdoptedSecurity Council compositionPermanent members China France Russia United Kingdom United StatesNon permanent members Angola Bulgaria Chile Cameroon Germany Guinea Mexico Pakistan Spain Syria 1502 Lists of resolutions 1504 Contents 1 Resolution 1 1 Observations 1 2 Acts 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksResolution editObservations edit The Security Council commended the progress both tribunals had made in contributing to peace and security in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda Welcoming steps taken the concerned states in the Balkans and African Great Lakes region it noted the objective of both tribunals to apprehend all remaining persons at large and called for the co operation of countries in this regard The Council urged states to impose measures against individuals assisting fugitives through travel bans and the freezing of assets The preamble of the resolution also envisaged the completion of ICTY and ICTR investigations by 2004 trials by the end of 2008 and all work in 2010 by concentrating on the prosecution of senior leaders 2 Lower level officials would be tried at a national level 3 The strengthening of national judicial systems was crucial to the ICTY and ICTR completion strategies including the establishment of a war crimes chamber at the ICTY It was convinced that both tribunals could complete their work more efficiently if each had its own Prosecutor 4 Acts edit Acting under Chapter VII of the United Nations Charter the Council called on the international community to assist national jurisdictions in improving their capacity to prosecute cases transferred from the ICTY and ICTR encouraging the development of outreach programmes It called on all states particularly Bosnia and Herzegovina Croatia Serbia and Montenegro and the Republic Srpska within Bosnia and Herzegovina to co operate with the ICTY with regard to Radovan Karadzic Ratko Mladic and Ante Gotovina 4 Meanwhile the Democratic Republic of the Congo Kenya Rwanda and the Republic of the Congo among other states were requested to co operate with the ICTR with regard to Felicien Kabuga and the Rwandan Patriotic Army 5 6 All states were urged to co operate with Interpol in apprehending fugitives while the donor community was asked to support High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina in the creation of a special chamber at the ICTY to deal with serious violations of international humanitarian law The Presidents and Prosecutors of both tribunals were asked to report on the implementation of the completion strategies Finally the Secretary General Kofi Annan was instructed to nominate a Prosecutor for the ICTR while his decision to nominate Carla Del Ponte as Prosecutor at the ICTY was welcomed See also editBosnian genocide List of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1501 to 1600 2003 2005 Rwandan genocide Yugoslav WarsReferences edit Security Council splits prosecutorial duties for Rwanda Yugoslavia tribunals United Nations 28 August 2003 Boas Gideon 2007 The Milosevic trial lessons for the conduct of complex international criminal proceedings Cambridge University Press p lxxxv ISBN 978 0 521 70039 9 Henham Ralph J Behrens Paul 2007 The criminal law of genocide international comparative and contextual aspects Ashgate Publishing Ltd p 177 ISBN 978 0 7546 4898 7 a b Security Council splits prosecutor s job of two UN war crimes tribunals United Nations News Centre 28 August 2003 van den Herik Larissa J 2005 The contribution of the Rwanda Tribunal to the development of international law Martinus Nijhoff Publishers p 72 ISBN 978 90 04 14580 1 Peskin Victor 2008 International justice in Rwanda and the Balkans virtual trials and the struggle for state cooperation Cambridge University Press p 217 ISBN 978 0 521 87230 0 External links edit nbsp Works related to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1503 at Wikisource Text of the Resolution at undocs org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title United Nations Security Council Resolution 1503 amp oldid 1187957532, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
