ABSTRACT
Security Council Resolution 808, adopted February 22, 1993, provided for the establishment of an 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. Both the security risks and the financial implications—for the United Nations and the host country—may be massive, particularly if one wanted to create a permanent court that dealt with more than just a couple of cases each year. All United Nation member states undoubtedly have to take steps under their domestic legal systems to enable them to comply with their obligations under Security Council Resolution 827 and the Statute of the Tribunal. The provision of detention units to the Tribunal has been formalized through a lease between the Netherlands and the United Nations. Through this contract, the state has let a complex of cell units on the premises of an existing Dutch penal institution, including specified furnishings and facilities.
