Formiran 1993, u periodu nakon Balkanskog rata i u sklopu napora pod vodstvom UN-a da se pred lice pravde izvedu osumnjičeni za ratne zločine i kršenja ljudskih prava, Međunarodni krivični tribunal za bivšu Jugoslaviju (ICTY) doživio je evoluciju svoje uloge pred zaključenje svog mandata 2012. godine.
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.