ODIHR, ICTY, and UNICRI present the War Crimes Justice Project at UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice
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ODIHR, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) will present "Supporting the Transfer of Knowledge and Materials of War Crimes Cases from the ICTY to National Jurisdictions", a joint project, during the 20th session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice.
This 4 million-euro project, funded by the European Union, is being jointly implemented by the ICTY, ODIHR, and UNICRI, with the support of the OSCE field operations in the region. The overall aim of the project is to assist national jurisdictions in strengthening their capacities to handle war crimes cases in an effective and fair manner, consistent with the highest international standards of due process. To this end, the project supports effective transfer of knowledge and materials from the ICTY to the national judicial systems in the region.