Abstract

At the outset of the Tadić Judgment, the Appeal Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) confirmed the purpose of its mission:

[A]ll those who have engaged in serious violations of international humanitarian law, whatever the manner in which they may have perpetrated, or participated in the perpetration of those violations, must be brought to justice. ¹ 1

Prosecutor v Tadić (Appeals Judgment) IT-94-1-A (15 July 1999) (hereafter ‘Tadić AC Judgment’) para 190.