United Nations Security Council Resolution 1512 – International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
Resolution 1512 (2003)
The Security Council,
Reaffirming its resolutions 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994, 1165 (1998) of 30April 1998, 1329 (2000) of 30 November 2000, 1411 (2002) of 17 May 2002, 1431(2002) of 14 August 2002 and 1503 (2003) of 28 August 2003,
Having considered the letter from the Secretary-General to the President of the Security Council dated 12 September 2003 (S/2003/879) and the annexed letter fromthe President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda addressed to the Secretary-General dated 8 September 2003,
Having considered also the letter from the Secretary-General to the Presidentof the Security Council dated 3 October 2003 (S/2003/946) and the annexed letter from the President of the International Tribunal for Rwanda addressed to the Secretary-General dated 29 September 2003,
Convinced of the advisability of enhancing the powers of ad litem judges in theInternational Tribunal for Rwanda so that, during the period of their appointment toa trial, they might also adjudicate in pre-trial proceedings in other cases, should theneed arise and should they be in a position to do so,
Convinced also of the advisability of increasing the number of ad litem judges that may be appointed at any one time to serve in the Trial Chambers of the International Tribunal for Rwanda so that the Tribunal might be better placed to complete all trial activities at first instance by the end of 2008, as envisaged in its Completion Strategy,
Acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations,
- Decides to amend articles 11 and 12 quater of the Statute of theInternational Tribunal for Rwanda and to replace those articles with the provisionsset out in the annex to this resolution;
2. Decides to remain actively seized of the matter.
Adopted by the Security Council at its 4849th meeting, on 27 October 2003.
