The Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Establishment of an International Criminal Court, led to the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the establishment of the International Criminal Court in 2002.
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was established when the UN Security Council passed Resolution 827 included the Statute of the ICTY.
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (‘ICTR’) was established by UN Security Council Resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994 in response to reports of violations of international humanitarian law.
The Extraordinary Chambers in the courts of Cambodia (‘ECCC’), sometimes named the 'Khmer Rouge Tribunal', was established in 2006 following the ratification of the Agreement between the United Nations and the Royal Government of Cambodia concerning the Prosecution under Cambodian Law of Crimes Committed during the Period of Democratic Kampuchea (‘Prosecution Agreement’).