The Court was established by Resolution 827 of the United Nations Security Council, which was passed on 25 May 1993.
Mednarodno sodišče za vojne zločine na območju nekdanje Jugoslavije (angleško "International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia", "ICTY"; polno ime "International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia Since 1991") je ad-hoc institucija Organizacije združenih narodov za sojenje storilcem resnih zločinov med vojnami jugoslovanskega nasledstva.