Appeals Chamber

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The Appeals Chamber is the judicial body of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda responsible for reviewing and ruling on appeals against trial judgments and sentences.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international court chamber
judicial body
abolishedWith closure of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
appliesLaw Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the ICTR
surface form: Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
canConfirm trial judgment
canRemand case to Trial Chamber
canReverse trial judgment
canRevise trial judgment
composedOf judges
createdBy United Nations Security Council
hasFunction decide on errors of fact
decide on errors of law
review sentences
review trial judgments
hasJurisdictionOver appeals against sentences of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
appeals against trial judgments of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
hearsAppealsFrom Trial Chamber I of the ICTR
surface form: Trial Chambers of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
legalBasis UN Security Council Resolution 955
surface form: United Nations Security Council Resolution 955
locatedIn Arusha, Tanzania
surface form: Arusha

Tanzania
partOf International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
relatedTo United Nations
international criminal law
sharesAppealsChamberWith International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
subjectMatterJurisdiction crimes against humanity
genocide
serious violations of Additional Protocol II
serious violations of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions
succeededBy International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
surface form: Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Appeals Chamber
temporalJurisdiction 1994
territorialJurisdiction Rwanda
territory of neighbouring States
usesWorkingLanguage English
French

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Iraqi Special Tribunal hasChambers Appeals Chamber
UN Security Council Resolution 955 establishesOrgan Appeals Chamber
this entity surface form: Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Chambers composedOf Appeals Chamber
subject surface form: Chambers (ICTR)