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President Agius meets with President of the United Nations General Assembly
New York, 18 October 2021
The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, met today with the President of the Seventy-Sixth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, His Excellency Ambassador Abdulla…
Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on mission to Belgrade
The Hague, 20 September 2021
Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Belgrade from 19 to 21 September 2021 to participate in the Regional prosecutors’ conference on cooperation in war crimes processing, organized by the Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office and…
Secretary-General appoints Judge Fatimata Sanou Touré of Burkina Faso to serve as Mechanism Judge
Arusha, The Hague, 13 August 2021
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, has appointed Judge Fatimata Sanou Touré of Burkina Faso to the roster of Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), effective 12 August…
Regional Commissioner of Arusha Visits the Arusha Branch of the Mechanism
Arusha, 29 July 2021
On Wednesday, 28 July 2021, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) received the Hon. Mr. John Mongella, Regional Commissioner of Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, at the premises of the Mechanism’s…
Mechanism Principals’ Statement on the Occasion of International Criminal Justice Day
Arusha, The Hague, 17 July 2021
The Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), President Carmel Agius, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar Abubacarr Tambadou, today issued the following statement on the occasion of International…
Mechanism Principals’ Statement on the Occasion of the Twenty-sixth Commemoration of the Genocide in Srebrenica
Arusha, The Hague, 11 July 2021
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) today commemorates the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. While time passes, the suffering of the victims does not and the memories of lost loved ones…
Statement by the Prosecutor on the occasion of Stanišić and Simatović Trial Judgement
The Hague, 30 June 2021
The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) takes note of today’s judgment in the Stanišić and Simatović case. The OTP is satisfied that the Trial Chamber accepted that the Prosecution presented evidence proving beyond…
Judgement delivered in the case of Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović
The Hague, 30 June 2021
The Trial Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), composed of Judges Burton Hall (The Bahamas), presiding, Joseph Masanche (Tanzania), and Seon Ki Park (Republic of Korea), today delivered its judgement…
Trial Judgement in Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović scheduled for 30 June 2021: Accreditation procedure now closed
The Hague, 25 June 2021
The accreditation procedure for those wishing to attend the pronouncement of the Trial Judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović by the Trial Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal…
Pronouncement of Judgement in the Nzabonimpa et al. contempt case
Arusha, 25 June 2021
Today, Judge Vagn Joensen (Denmark) pronounced his Judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Anselme Nzabonimpa et al. (MICT-18-116-T), convicting Mr. Augustin Ngirabatware, Mr. Anselme Nzabonimpa, Mr. Jean de Dieu Ndagijimana, and Ms.…