In accordance with Article 34 of the Tribunal's Statute, the President of the ICTY submits an annual report to the UN Security Council and General Assembly. The reports, usually submitted in November, cover the twelve-month period of 1 August - 31 July and include an overview of activities involving all sections of the Tribunal.


Annual Reports (PDF format)

Note: These documents are also available in Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese on the UN Website.

The ICTY President and Prosecutor submit to the UN Security Council assessments on the progress made towards implementation of the completion strategy of the Tribunal. These assessments, requested by Security Council resolution 1534 (2004), are submitted every six months and set out the measures that have been taken and that remain to be taken to meet the completion strategy referred to in resolution 1503, including the transfer of cases involving intermediate and lower-rank accused to competent national jurisdictions.
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ICTY Completion Strategy Reports

  2002: Report on the judicial status of the ICTY and the prospects for referring certain cases to national courts

Note: These documents are also available in French, Russian, Spanish, Arabic and Chinese on the UN Website.

Residual Mechanism

Resolution 1966 of the Security Council establishing the International Residual Mechanism for the ICTY and the ICTR, 22 December 2010

Report of the Secretary-General on the administrative and budgetary aspects of the options for possible locations for the archives of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the seat of the residual mechanism(s) for the Tribunal, 21 May 2009

The ICTY Digest is a bimonthly newsletter providing a snap-shot of the Tribunal's activities (PDF format).

Report "Supporting the Transition Process: Lessons Learned and Best Practices in Knowledge Transfer"

This report is a product of a year-long collaboration between the ICTY, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). It identifies the outstanding needs of judiciaries in the former Yugoslavia as well as the effectiveness of the capacity building efforts conducted so far. View the English version | View the BCS version


ICTY Manual on Developed Practices

This book is part of a broader project to promote and preserve the Tribunal’s legacy. Produced in cooperation with UNICRI it was launched in May 2009, in English as well as in BCS. View the English version.


Manual on International Criminal Defence

The ADC-ICTY Manual was produced as part of the War Crimes Justice Project, an initiative aimed at facilitating the transfer of knowledge and materials to legal professionals in the former Yugoslavia. The manual provides an overview of some of the most effective and innovative practices developed by defence counsel representing accused before the ICTY.

It is intended as a reference tool for defence counsel defending war crimes cases in the region. It deals with several problematic issues, such as how to use and challenge ICTY-generated evidence and how to conduct an effective plea bargaining. View the English version


ICTY Latest Leaflet

Available in PDF print version.