Formed in 1993 in the aftermath of the Balkan War and as part of a UN-lead effort to bring to justice those suspected of war atrocities and human rights violations, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has seen its role evolve as its mandate winds down in 2012.
Utemeljen 1993. godine, nakon balkanskih ratova i u sklopu napora predvođenih UN-om za sankcioniranje osumnjičenika za ratne zločine i kršenje ljudskih prava, uloga Međunarodnog kaznenog suda za bivšu Jugoslaviju (MKSJ) razvila se i šire, kako se približava okončanje njegova mandata 2012.