AGLC4 Rule 12.2.3: Court
The tribunal or court is identified by its conventional shortened name rather than its full formal title.
AGLC4 page 179
Formatting
- The court name is roman and is the first element inside the round brackets.
- It is written in words, not reduced to initials such as ICTY.
- A comma follows the court name.
Example
Quoted from the Guide, page 179- 14Prosecutor v Karadžić (Decision on Prosecution Motion Seeking Determination that the Accused Understands English for the Purposes of the Statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence) (International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, Trial Chamber III, Case No IT-95-5/18-PT, 26 March 2009) [6]. [Not: … (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, …]
Not
Quoted from the Guide, page 179- … (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, …this is the formal name; the conventional short name International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia is used instead
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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.