Security Council resolution 1901 (2009) [on extension of the terms of office of trial judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and on temporarily amending art. 11, para. 1 of the Statute of the International Tribunal]
Symbol: S/RES/1901(2009)
Date: 2009-12-16
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/64 [95] RWANDA SITUATION
S/64 [97] INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL--RWANDA
Subjects: Mose, Erik > (Norway)|International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda > Members|International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Chambers|International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. President|Statute of the International Tribunal for Rwanda (1994)|Charter of the United Nations (1945). Chapter VII|INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS|RWANDA SITUATION|JUDGES|TRIALS
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: AUSTRIA
vote: yes
country: BURKINA FASO
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: COSTA RICA
vote: yes
country: CROATIA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: JAPAN
vote: yes
country: LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA
vote: yes
country: MEXICO
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: TURKEY
vote: yes
country: UGANDA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes
country: VIET NAM
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                  S/RES/1901 (2009)
               Security Council                                                Distr.: General
                                                                               16 December 2009




               Resolution 1901 (2009)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 6243rd meeting, on
               16 December 2009

                    The Security Council,
                     Taking note of the letters to the President of the Council from the Secretary-General dated 2 November 2009 (S/2009/571) and 23 November 2009 (S/2009/601),
               attaching letters from the President of the International Criminal Tribunal for
               Rwanda (“the International Tribunal”) dated 15 October 2009 and 6 November
               2009, respectively,
                    Recalling its resolutions 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994, 1165 (1998) of
               30 April 1998, 1329 (2000) of 30 November 2000, 1411 (2002) of 17 May 2002,
               1431 (2002) of 14 August 2002, 1717 (2006) of 13 October 2006, 1824 (2008) of
               18 July 2008, 1855 (2008) of 19 December 2008, and 1878 (2009) of 7 July 2009,
                    Recalling in particular its resolutions 1503 (2003) of 28 August 2003 and 1534
               (2004) of 26 March 2004, in which the Security Council calls on the International
               Tribunal to take all possible measures to complete investigations by the end of 2004,
               to complete all trial activities at first instance by the end of 2008, and to complete
               all work in 2010,
                      Taking note of the assessment by the International Tribunal in its Completion
               Strategy Report (S/2009/587) that the Tribunal will not be in a position to complete
               all its work in 2010,
                     Recalling that in resolution 1878 (2009) the Security Council extended the
               term of office of permanent judges and ad litem judges, who are members of the
               Trial Chambers, until 31 December 2010, or until the completion of the cases to
               which they are assigned, if sooner; and decided to review the extension of the term
               of office of the permanent judges at the International Tribunal, who are members of
               the Appeals Chamber, by 31 December 2009, in light of the progress of the
               International Tribunal in the implementation of its Completion Strategy,
                     Convinced of the advisability of extending the authorization granted to the
               Secretary-General in resolution 1855 (2008) to appoint additional ad litem judges to
               the nine ad litem judges authorized by the Statute of the International Tribunal, as a
               temporary measure to enable the International Tribunal to complete trials and
               conduct additional trials as soon as possible in order to meet the goals of the
               Completion Strategy,

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                    Urging the International Tribunal to take all possible measures to complete its
               work expeditiously,
                    Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
                      1.    Underlines its intention to extend, by 30 June 2010, the terms of office of
               all trial judges at the International Tribunal based on the Tribunal’s projected trial
               schedule and the terms of office of all appeals judges until 31 December 2012, or
               until the completion of the cases to which they are assigned if sooner, and requests
               the President of the International Tribunal to submit to the Council an updated trial
               and appeals schedule, including information on the judges whose extension of the
               terms of office or redeployment to the Appeals Chamber will be sought;
                      2.   Decides that in order for the International Tribunal to complete existing
               trials or conduct additional trials the total number of ad litem Judges serving at the
               International Tribunal may from time to time temporarily exceed the maximum of
               nine provided for in article 11, paragraph 1, of the Statute of the International
               Tribunal, to a maximum of twelve at any one time, returning to a maximum of nine
               by 31 December 2010;
                     3.   Decides that, notwithstanding the expiry of his term of office on
               31 December 2009, Judge Erik Møse complete the Setako case which he began
               before the expiry of his term of office; and takes note of the intention of the
               International Tribunal to complete the case before the end of February 2010;
                    4.    Decides to remain seized of the matter.




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