The completion strategy of the ICTY and outstanding arrests

Resolution 1503 (U.N. Doc. S/RES/1503 (2003)) reiterates the ICTY’s completion strategy by calling on the ICTY to “take all possible measures to complete investigations by the end of 2004, to complete all trial activities at the first instance by the end of 2008, and to complete all of its work in 2010, by concentrating on the prosecution and trial of the most senior leaders suspected of being most responsible for crimes within the ICTY’s jurisdiction […]”. With the ICTY working towards the completion of its mandate, cooperation with the ICTY and assistance in the dismantling of the ICTY indictees’ support network has to be intensified in order to bring all those who are indicted and at large before the trial prior to its closure.²⁵³⁶ In that regard, resolution 1503 did not only recall and reaffirm the ICTY’s completion strategy, but also urged “Member States to consider imposing measures against individuals and groups of organizations assisting indictees at large to continue to evade justice, including measures designed to restrict the travel and freeze the assets of such individuals, groups, or organizations.”²⁵³⁷