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UN Security Council
Resolution 1482 |
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| Date: | 19 May 2003 |
| Meeting no.: | 4,760 |
| Code: | S/RES/1482 (Document) |
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| Vote: | For: 15 Abs.: 0 Against: 0 |
| Subject: | The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda |
| Result: | Adopted |
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| ANG BUL CHI CMR ESP | |
| GER GUI MEX PAK SYR | |
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| Skulls from the 1994 genocide in Rwanda | |
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1482, adopted unanimously on May 19, 2003, after noting correspondence between the President of the Security Council, President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and President of the International Criminal Court, the Council extended the terms of office of four permanent judges at the ICTR in order to allow them to dispose of a number of ongoing cases.[1]
Responding to a request by the Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Security Council extended the terms of four judges who were not re-elected for a second term of office at elections on January 31, 2003, and whose terms were to expire on May 24, 2003. They had began cases before their terms were due to expire. The decision was taken in order to avoid starting the trials again with new judges, rehearing of witnesses and the representation of arguments.[1] The four judges were:
The resolution noted that the Cyangugu case was expected to be completed by the end of February 2004, while the Kajelijeli, Kamuhanda and Media cases were expected to be completed by the end of December 2003. The President of the ICTR was requested to provide three reports, by August 1 and November 15, 2003 and January 15, 2004 concerning progress on the cases mentioned in the current resolution to the Security Council.
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