The ICTY Manual on Developed Practices is the outcome of a two-year collaboration between the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and UNICRI.

The Manual, highlights the key role that UNICRI plays in promoting the legacy of the ICTY. It is a collection of the most efficient and innovative practices developed by The Hague Tribunal from the beginning of its work in 1993 until today and it is intended to serve as a reference tool for global and national level policy makers, international criminal law practitioners and other international, internationalized or hybrid tribunals. Marking UNICRI’s commitment as an interregional institute of the UN devoted to the promotion of the individual and joint legacies of the International Criminal Tribunals, the aim of the publication is to facilitate the widespread dissemination of the most effective practices in war crimes prosecution, not just in the Balkans, but also in other post-conflict and crisis areas worldwide.

The ICTY Manual on Developed Practices was presented for the first time to the international community in The Hague, on 28 May 2009. It was then also presented in New York, on 9 June at a meeting of the Assembly of State Parties to the International Criminal Court (ICC), and in Sarajevo, on 15 and 16 June, in a Regional Conference organised by UNICRI in cooperation with the ICTY and with the support of the Italian Development Cooperation.

The English version of the ICTY Manual on Developed Practices is available on the ICTY website. A Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian will be available soon.

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