United Nations Security Council resolution1629, adopted unanimously on 30 September 2005, after considering the Statute of the
International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Council decided that Judge
Christine Van Den Wyngaert
Christine, Baroness Van den Wyngaert (born 2 April 1952) is a Belgian jurist and judge. She served as international and comparative criminal law expert from 2009 to 2018 as a judge on the International Criminal Court. She served in the Trial Div ...
could participate in the
Mile Mrkšić
Mile Mrkšić ( sr-cyrl, Миле Мркшић; 1 May 1947 – 16 August 2015) was a colonel of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) in charge of the unit involved in the Battle of Vukovar during the Croatian War of Independence in 1991. He was conv ...
case, before her elected term as permanent judge of the Tribunal had begun.
Wyngaert's term was due to begin on 17 November 2005, and the Mrkšić case was to commence on 3 October 2005.
See also
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(2005–2006)
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Yugoslav Wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of separate but related Naimark (2003), p. xvii. ethnic conflicts, wars of independence, and insurgencies that took place in the SFR Yugoslavia from 1991 to 2001. The conflicts both led up to and resulted from ...
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Text of the Resolution at undocs.org
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