In June 1989 Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago A. N. R. Robinson revived the idea of a permanent international criminal court by proposing the creation of such a court to deal with the illegal drug trade . Following Trinidad and Tobago 's proposal , the General Assembly tasked the ILC with once again drafting a statute for a permanent court . While work began on the draft , the United Nations Security Council established two '' ad hoc '' tribunals in the early 1990s : The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia , created in 1993 in response to large-scale atrocities committed by armed forces during Yugoslav Wars , and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda , created in 1994 following the Rwandan genocide . The creation of these tribunals further highlighted the need for a permanent international criminal court
Rwandan genocide
Rwandan genocide
International Criminal Court