Tokom 1999, tribunal je uspostavio Program za približavanje javnostii, prvi komunikacijski program te vrste u historiji međunarodnog pravosuđa, s ciljem približavanja rada tribunala ljudima u regionu.
In 1999, the tribunal established the Outreach Programme, the very first communications programme of its kind in the history of international justice, with the goal of bringing the work of the tribunal closer to the people of the region.