"Established as an ad hoc jurisdiction, the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) is scheduled to complete all trials by 2009 and all appeals by 2010 or 2011, and finally close down. This closing offers an opportune time to ask whether the ICTR has achieved its mandate and completed all of its work, or whether it is closing prematurely. In answering these questions, this paper starts by reviewing the strategy followed by the Court to complete its work ..." (Quoted from paper)