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International Law

International Court of Justice (ICJ)

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations (UN). It was established in June 1945 by the Charter of the United Nations and began work in April 1946.

The seat of the Court is at the Peace Palace in The Hague (Netherlands). Of the six principal organs of the United Nations, it is the only one not located in New York (United States of America).

The Court’s role is to settle, in accordance with international law, legal disputes submitted to it by States and to give advisory opinions on legal questions referred to it by authorized United Nations organs and specialized agencies.

War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity

• International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Statutes
  

• International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Statutes
  
  
• International Criminal Court (ICC) Statutes
  

Prevention of Genocide

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
  
  
• Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity [pdf]
  

Special Adviser for the Prevention of Genocide

Humanitarian Law

• Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War
  
  
• Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War
  
  
• Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I)
  
  
• Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II)