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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1047


FieldValue
number1047
organSC
date29 February
year1996
meeting3,637
codeS/RES/1047
documenthttps://undocs.org/S/RES/1047(1996)
for15
abstention0
against0
subjectAppointment of Prosecutor at the ICTY and ICTR
resultAdopted
imageLouise Arbour.jpg
captionLouise Arbour

United Nations Security Council resolution 1047, adopted unanimously on 29 February 1996, after recalling resolutions 808 (1993), 827 (1993), 936 (1994) and 955 (1994), the Council appointed Louise Arbour as Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).

The Council noted the resignation of the former Prosecutor, Richard Goldstone, with effect from 1 October 1996, and decided that term of Louise Arbour, a Canadian judge, would begin on that date.

References

References

  1. (29 February 1996). "Security Council appoints Canadian judge Louise Arbour Prosecutor of war crimes tribunal". United Nations.
  2. Jones, John R. W. D.. (1998). "The practice of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda". Transnational.
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