Abstract:
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is an ad hoc
tribunal of great significance in terms of international law. The court has
completed nearly its twentieth year, while it has been decided to terminate its
mission at the end of 2014 after completing its proceedings, since it is an ad
hoc tribunal. Concordantly, the judicial power and the ongoing cases will be
assigned to national courts and to the Residual Mechanism for Criminal
Tribunals, which has been newly established. The Tribunal has left behind
many contributions and addressed by some criticisms while coming to an
end. The Tribunal, which has numerous contributions to international law,
criminal proceedings, regional peace, perception of justice, rule of law, and
universal values, deals also with criticisms on issues such as functioning,
powers of prosecution, and its limited coverage in terms of region and time
span. The contributions of this Tribunal, which is coming to the end of its
mission, to international law and reconciliation shall be presented in this
study. Then, an overall evaluation of criticisms addressed to the Tribunal and
the legal system related with the atrocities in Rwanda.
