United Nations Security Council Resolution 1503

UN Security Council
Resolution 1503
Carla Del Ponte
Date28 August 2003
Meeting no.4,817
CodeS/RES/1503 (Document)
SubjectThe International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Voting summary
  • 15 voted for
  • None voted against
  • None abstained
ResultAdopted
Security Council composition
Permanent members
Non-permanent members
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United Nations Security Council resolution 1503, adopted unanimously on 28 August 2003, after recalling resolutions 827 (1993), 955 (1994), 978 (1995), 1165 (1998), 1166 (1998), 1329 (2000), 1411 (2002), 1431 (2002) and 1481 (2003), the Council decided to split the prosecutorial duties of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) which had previously been under the responsibility of one official, Carla Del Ponte, since 1999.[1]

  1. ^ "Security Council splits prosecutorial duties for Rwanda, Yugoslavia tribunals". United Nations. 28 August 2003.

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