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War Crimes Accountability Measures

This dataset contains information about various judicial and accountability measures taken in different countries and regions to address grave violations of human rights and humanitarian law. It covers cases from international tribunals, special courts, hybrid courts, and national courts, detailing the type of measure, the legal framework, and the status of each case over specific time periods.

  1. Measure ID: A unique identifier assigned to each judicial measure for reference.
  2. Measure Type: The category of judicial mechanism used, such as international tribunal, special court, or truth commission.
  3. Country/Region: The specific country or region where the measure was implemented.
  4. Time Period: The span of years during which the judicial measure was active.
  5. Legal Framework: The legal basis under which the judicial measure operates, including statutes and laws.
  6. Accountability Mechanism: A brief description of the purpose or function of the measure, such as prosecution or fact-finding.
  7. Status: The current state of the measure, indicating whether it is completed, ongoing, or otherwise.

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Measure ID Measure Type Country/Region Time Period Legal Framework Accountability Mechanism Status
1 International Tribunal Former Yugoslavia 1993-2017 ICTY Statute Prosecution of war crimes Completed
2 International Tribunal Rwanda 1994-2015 ICTR Statute Prosecution of genocide Completed
3 Special Court Sierra Leone 2002-2013 SCSL Statute Prosecution of war crimes Completed
4 Hybrid Court Cambodia 2001-Present ECCC Law Prosecution of Khmer Rouge leaders Ongoing
5 ICC Case Democratic Republic of the Congo 2002-Present Rome Statute Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
6 National Court Germany 2000-Present German Domestic Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
7 National Court Italy 2008-2019 Italian Domestic Law Prosecution of war crimes Completed
8 International Commission United Nations 2011-Present UN Resolutions Fact-finding Ongoing
9 National Court United States 2006-Present US Federal Law Human Rights prosecutions Ongoing
10 Truth Commission South Africa 1995-2002 TRC Act Truth-telling and reparations Completed
11 Truth Commission Peru 2001 CVR Report Truth-telling and reconciliation Completed
12 Truth Commission Chile 1991 Commission on Truth and Reconciliation Truth-telling Completed
13 International Tribunal East Timor 2000-2005 Serious Crimes Act Prosecution of serious crimes Completed
14 Special Tribunal Lebanon 2007-Present STL Statute Prosecution of political assassinations Ongoing
15 National Reconciliation Commission Ghana 2002-2004 NRC Act Reconciliation and reparations Completed
16 International Prosecutor Libya 2011-Present UN Security Council Resolution 1970 Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
17 Hybrid Court South Sudan 2016-Present Hybrid Legal Framework Prosecution of crimes against humanity Ongoing
18 National Court Bosnia and Herzegovina 2003-Present BiH Criminal Code Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
19 International Tribunal Sierra Leone 2002-2013 SCSL Statute Prosecution of armed conflict crimes Completed
20 National Court Spain 2009-Present Spanish Jurisdiction Prosecution of genocide Ongoing
21 Universal Jurisdiction Belgium 2005-Present Belgian Law Prosecution under universal jurisdiction Ongoing
22 National Court France 2002-Present French Domestic Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
23 National Court Australia 2012-Present Australian Domestic Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
24 Special Chamber Kosovo 2015-Present Law on Specialist Chambers Prosecution of war crimes and organized crime Ongoing
25 Human Rights Tribunal Thailand 2006-Present Thai Domestic Law Human rights prosecutions Ongoing
26 Judicial Commission Pakistan 2007-Present Pakistani Domestic Law Prosecution of military abuses Ongoing
27 National Court Ukraine 2014-Present Ukrainian Criminal Code Prosecution of aggression and war crimes Ongoing
28 Commission of Inquiry Syria 2011-Present UN Resolutions Fact-finding and reporting Ongoing
29 Bi-national Tribunal Timor-Leste 2008-Present National Laws Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
30 Panel of Judges Indonesia 2001-2003 Indonesian Law Prosecution of East Timor abuses Completed
31 Special Court Guatemala 2000-Present Guatemalan Domestic Law Prosecution of genocide Ongoing
32 Hybrid Tribunal Jordan 2014-Present Jordanian Law Prosecution for crimes against humanity Ongoing
33 Truth and Justice Commission Argentina 2003-2006 Law on Truth and Justice Truth-telling and reparations Completed
34 Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals UN 2012-Present UN Resolutions Completion of ICTY and ICTR Ongoing
35 National Court Honduras 2019-Present Honduran Criminal Code Accountability for human rights violations Ongoing
36 Special Panel Bangladesh 2010-Present International Crimes (Tribunals) Act Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
37 National Court Iraq 2005-Present Iraqi Law Prosecution of Baathist regime crimes Ongoing
38 International Prosecution Myanmar 2017-Present International Law Prosecution of genocide against Rohingya Ongoing
39 Accountability Court Sri Lanka 2019-Present Sri Lankan Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
40 Extraordinary Chambers Cambodia 2006-Present Law on ECCC Prosecution of Khmer Rouge leaders Ongoing
41 International Commission Yemen 2015-Present UN Resolutions Fact-finding Ongoing
42 Special Investigations Unit Canada 2000-Present Canadian Law Human rights violations prosecutions Ongoing
43 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Canada 2008-2015 TRC Act Indigenous rights abuses Completed
44 International Prosecutor Gaza 2014-Present International Humanitarian Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
45 UN Security Council Various 1990-Present UN Resolutions Sanctions and accountability measures Ongoing
46 Truth Commission Ecuador 2008-2010 Truth Commission Act Truth-telling and reparations Completed
47 Transitional Justice Process Nepal 2006-Present Nepalese Law Prosecutions for conflict-related abuses Ongoing
48 Accountability Mechanism Mali 2018-Present Malian Law Prosecutions for abuses during civil conflict Ongoing
49 International Tribunal Sierra Leone 2002-2013 SCSL Statute Prosecution of war crimes Completed
50 National Commission New Zealand 2019-Present New Zealand Law Human rights violations investigations Ongoing
51 Truth and Reconciliation Commission Brazil 2014-Present National Truth Commission Law Historical memory and reparations Ongoing
52 Special Human Rights Chamber El Salvador 2016-Present Salvadoran Law Accountability for civil war abuses Ongoing
53 Human Rights Mechanism Russia 2000-Present Russian Law Prosecution of human rights violations Ongoing
54 Judicial Commission Mexico 2016-Present Mexican Law Investigations into human rights violations Ongoing
55 Special Court Somalia 2000-Present Somalian Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
56 Truth Commission Colombia 2016-Present Peace Agreement Truth-telling and reparations Ongoing
57 National Court South Korea 2015-Present South Korean Law Prosecution of historical injustices Ongoing
58 War Crimes Section Uganda 2008-Present Ugandan Law Prosecutions for war crimes Ongoing
59 Truth and Reconciliation Tribunal Côte d'Ivoire 2014-Present Ivorian Law Truth-telling and reparations Ongoing
60 International Commission Zaire 1990-1997 International Law Fact-finding for human rights abuses Ongoing
61 War Crimes Commission Central African Republic 2014-Present CAR Domestic Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
62 Special Court Tanzania 2001-Present Tanzanian Law Prosecution of genocide Ongoing
63 International Accountability Unit Global 2021-Present Universal Jurisdiction Filing cases against war criminals Ongoing
64 Human Rights Tribunal Nigeria 2000-Present Nigerian Law Prosecutions for human rights abuses Ongoing
65 Accountability and Reconciliation Commission Somalia 2020-Present Somali Law Investigations into civil conflict Ongoing
66 Transitional Justice Unit Ukraine 2014-Present Ukrainian Law Prosecution of war crimes Ongoing
67 Transitional Justice Mechanism Georgia 2017-Present Georgian Domestic Law Prosecutions of political violence Ongoing
68 Joint Investigative Team Syria 2012-Present International Law Multi-national accountability efforts Ongoing
69 El Salvador Truth Commission El Salvador 1992 Truth and reconciliation Completed NaN
70 National Investigation Control Bosnia and Herzegovina 2002-Present Bosnian Law Investigations of war crimes Ongoing
71 Cabinet Committee on Human Rights Israel 2020-Present Israeli Law Investigations into human rights violations Ongoing
72 National Accountability Bureau Pakistan 1999-Present Pakistani Law Investigations of government corruption and rights abuses Ongoing
73 Transitional Justice Commission Vanuatu 2015-Present Vanuatu Law Truth-telling and reparations for colonial abuses Ongoing
74 Special Procedures Mechanism UN 1999-Present UN Human Rights Council Accountability reporting Ongoing
75 National Reconciliation Policy Bougainville 2000-Present Bougainville Law Peacebuilding and accountability Ongoing
76 Special Committee North Korea 1993-Present International Human Rights Law Investigations of human rights violations Ongoing
77 Commemoration Committee France 2001-Present Historic Law Memory and memorialization of war crimes Ongoing
78 Transitional Justice Initiative Philippines 2017-Present Philippine Domestic Law Investigations for extrajudicial killings Ongoing
79 Special Hearing Taiwan 2016-Present Taiwanese Law Investigations of human rights abuses Ongoing
80 National Human Rights Commission India 2015-Present Indian Law Prosecutions for abuses and rights violations Ongoing
81 Fact-finding Mission Kuwait 2005-Present International Law Investigations into rights abuses Ongoing
82 National War Crimes Center Bosnia 2015-Present Bosnian Law Prosecutions of war crimes Ongoing
83 International Monitoring Group Ethiopia 1990-Present International Law Investigative efforts into human rights abuses Ongoing
84 Human Rights Watch International 1978-Present NGO Advocacy Monitoring and reporting Ongoing
85 International Rivers Commission International 2000-Present Intergovernmental Protocols Accountability for environmental abuses Ongoing
86 Human Rights Fact-finding Committee DPRK 2014-Present International Law NGO and UN Co-operation Ongoing
87 Joint Fact-finding Mission Democratic Republic of the Congo 2013-Present International Law Investigative efforts for accountability Ongoing
88 International Law Commission Global 1947-Present International Law Monitoring compliance with humanitarian law Ongoing
89 Transitional Justice Committee Libya 2011-Present Libyan Law Prosecutions for war crimes Ongoing
90 Justice and Reconciliation Council Myanmar 2015-Present Myanmar Law Transitional justice mechanisms Ongoing
91 International Monitoring Council Nigeria 2016-Present International Law Monitoring investigations of rights abuses Ongoing
92 War Legislation Review Panel South Africa 1994-Present South African Law Accountability mechanisms for apartheid abuses Ongoing
93 Genocide Prevention Committee International 2004-Present UN Resolutions Measures to investigate genocides Ongoing
94 Special Investigation Commission Somalia 2019-Present Somali Law Investigations of civil conflict abuses Ongoing
95 National Commission for Human Rights Iran 2002-Present Iranian Law Monitoring human rights violations Ongoing
96 Truth Commission Libya 2012-Present Libyan Law Investigative efforts for justice Ongoing
97 International Advisory Group Côte d'Ivoire 2017-Present International Law Evaluating compliance with humanitarian law Ongoing
98 Human Rights Court Togo 2020-Present Togolese Law Prosecutions of human rights abuses Ongoing
99 International Refugee Protection Committee International 2001-Present International Law Investigations into abuse of displaced persons Ongoing
100 Displacement Accountability Commission Bosnia 2018-Present Bosnian Law Investigate rights of displaced persons Ongoing
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