Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR)

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organ of an international criminal tribunal prosecutorial organ

The Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR) was the independent organ of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda responsible for investigating and prosecuting individuals accused of genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda	5
Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR	3
Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR) canonical	2
ICTR Office of the Prosecutor	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9536868 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR)
Context triple: [Chambers (ICTR), worksWith, Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR)]

A. Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was the independent organ responsible for investigating and prosecuting individuals for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
B. Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.
C. Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state-level judicial institution responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious crimes, including war crimes, organized crime, and corruption, within the country.
D. Appeals Chamber of the ICTY
The Appeals Chamber of the ICTY was the judicial body of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia responsible for hearing and deciding appeals from its trial judgments and sentences.
E. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was a UN-established court mandated to prosecute individuals responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR)
Target entity description: The Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR) was the independent organ of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda responsible for investigating and prosecuting individuals accused of genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994.

A. Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia was the independent organ responsible for investigating and prosecuting individuals for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.
B. Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
The Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is the independent organ responsible for examining situations, conducting investigations, and prosecuting individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression before the ICC.
C. Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina is a state-level judicial institution responsible for investigating and prosecuting serious crimes, including war crimes, organized crime, and corruption, within the country.
D. Appeals Chamber of the ICTY
The Appeals Chamber of the ICTY was the judicial body of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia responsible for hearing and deciding appeals from its trial judgments and sentences.
E. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda was a UN-established court mandated to prosecute individuals responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	organ of an international criminal tribunal ⓘ prosecutorial organ ⓘ
cooperatesWith	Office of the Prosecutor (ICTY) ⓘ linked to: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia national prosecuting authorities ⓘ
country	Rwanda ⓘ
dissolvedIn	2015 ⓘ
employerOf	analysts ⓘ appeals counsel ⓘ case managers ⓘ investigators ⓘ legal officers ⓘ trial attorneys ⓘ
establishedBy	United Nations Security Council ⓘ
establishedIn	1994 ⓘ
firstProsecutor	Richard Goldstone ⓘ
focusEvent	1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda ⓘ
function	appeal decisions before the ICTR Appeals Chamber ⓘ conduct investigations ⓘ prepare indictments ⓘ present cases before ICTR Trial Chambers ⓘ
hasTypeOfCases	cases transferred to national jurisdictions ⓘ leadership cases against senior political and military figures ⓘ
headedBy	Prosecutor of the ICTR ⓘ linked to: Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
independence	independent organ of the ICTR ⓘ
jurisdiction	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
language	English ⓘ French ⓘ
legalBasis	United Nations Security Council Resolution 955 ⓘ linked to: UN Security Council Resolution 955
legalField	international criminal law ⓘ international humanitarian law ⓘ
locatedIn	Arusha, Tanzania ⓘ Kigali, Rwanda ⓘ linked to: Kigali
mandate	investigate genocide committed in Rwanda in 1994 ⓘ investigate serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by Rwandan citizens in neighboring states in 1994 ⓘ investigate serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994 ⓘ prosecute persons responsible for genocide in Rwanda in 1994 ⓘ prosecute serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in Rwanda in 1994 ⓘ
notableProsecutor	Carla Del Ponte ⓘ Hassan Bubacar Jallow ⓘ Louise Arbour ⓘ
parentOrganization	United Nations ⓘ
partOf	International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ
reportsTo	ICTR President on administrative matters ⓘ United Nations Security Council ⓘ
shortName	ICTR Office of the Prosecutor ⓘ linked to: Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR)
successor	Office of the Prosecutor (International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals) ⓘ linked to: Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
worksOn	cases involving crimes against humanity ⓘ cases involving genocide ⓘ cases involving war crimes ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chambers (ICTR) → worksWith → Office of the Prosecutor (ICTR) ⓘ

subject linked to: Chambers

Registry of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda → supportsBody → Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ⓘ

subject linked to: Registry