Ad hoc International Criminal Tribunals: are the judicial mechanisms that were established by the UN Security Council in the framework of Resolution 827 for the former Yugoslavia and Resolution 955 for Rwanda. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) was created in Arusha, Tanzania to “prosecute persons responsible for genocide and other serious violations of international humanitarian law committed in the territory of Rwanda and neighboring States, between 1 January 1994 and 31 December 1994”. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) was created to “deal with war crimes that took place during the conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s” The ICTR closed its doors in 2015.