News archive

2020

December 2020

Second online workshop held for history teachers in Croatia
First semester of the second cycle of the Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme comes to an end
Workshop on searching judicial archives held for journalists from Montenegro
President Agius presents Mechanism’s Seventeenth Progress Report to UN Security Council
Prosecutor Brammertz’s address to the UN Security Council
Lecture on Srebrenica Genocide held for young people from Serbia
Prosecutor completes mission to Kigali
Registrar Tambadou concludes first visit to Dar es Salaam as Registrar of the Mechanism

November 2020

Lecture on Media Reporting on the Srebrenica Genocide held for Journalists from BiH and Serbia
MIP begins cycle of workshops for history educators in Croatia
Mechanism Information Programme representative participates in a workshop ‘Transitional Justice through Montenegrin and regional experience’
Mechanism Information Programme Representative Holds Workshop on Searching the Judicial Archives at 27th EUROCLIO Annual Conference
Félicien Kabuga appears before the Mechanism for his Initial Appearance
Félicien Kabuga’s initial appearance scheduled for 11 November 2020: Practical information and case background
Mechanism Information Programme representative participates in 27th EUROCLIO Annual Conference

October 2020

History teachers from Serbia trained in use of ICTY and Mechanism archives
Mechanism Statement on operations during COVID-19
Félicien Kabuga in the Mechanism’s custody
Mechanism Principals’ Joint Statement: 75th Anniversary of the United Nations
President Agius launches second cycle of Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme
President Agius Presents Eighth Annual Report to UN General Assembly
Start of trial in the Turinabo et al. contempt case: Practical information and case background
Conclusion of witness testimony in the Stanišić and Simatović case

September 2020

The Mechanism Registrar meets with the President of the East African Court of Justice and the Arusha Regional Commissioner
The Mechanism welcomes 30 newly recruited security officials in its Arusha branch
Prosecutor on Mission to Kigali
30 August marks the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Mechanism launches Unified Court Records database

August 2020

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals hears oral arguments in the Mladić case
Ratko Mladić appeal hearing taking place on 25 and 26 August 2020: Practical information and case background

July 2020

IRMCT Principals’ Joint Statement: International Criminal Justice Day on 17 July 2020
Mechanism marks twenty-five years since the Srebrenica genocide
UN Secretary-General appoints Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou as Registrar of the Mechanism

June 2020

UN Secretary-General reappoints Judge Carmel Agius as Mechanism President and renews terms of Mechanism Judges
UN Security Council reappoints Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and completes review of Mechanism’s progress of work
Video Lecture Programme on ICTY legacy concludes with a talk by Registrar Elias
Multidisciplinary volume on ICTY legacy published today by Oxford University Press
President Agius briefs UN Security Council on progress of Mechanism’s work
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz addresses the United Nations Security Council

May 2020

Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz confirms the death of fugitive Augustin Bizimana
Mechanism fugitive Félicien Kabuga arrested today
Prosecutor Brammertz meets with War Crimes Prosecutor of Serbia
Prosecutor Brammertz holds video conference with BiH Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić
Tanzania’s Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs Dies in Dodoma

April 2020

IRMCT Principals’ Joint Message – Genocide Commemoration on 7 April 2020

March 2020

IRMCT statement on operations during COVID-19
The Mechanism celebrates International Women’s Day

February 2020

The Mechanism welcomes Magistrates from Francophone Africa
The Mechanism welcomes the new Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Republic of Tanzania
Mechanism’s Principals hold Diplomatic Briefing in The Hague
Secretary-General appoints Judge Iain Bonomy of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to serve as Mechanism Judge
Mechanism’s President and Chief of Registry, Hague branch, present the work of the Mechanism before a Working Party of the Council of the European Union