Serge Brammertz appointed Mechanism Prosecutor

Office of the Prosecutor
Press release
Arusha, The Hague
Prosecutor Brammertz
Prosecutor Brammertz

On 29 February 2016, the United Nations Security Council, on the nomination by the UN Secretary-General, appointed Serge Brammertz as Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals for a term effective 1 March 2016 until 30 June 2018.

Prosecutor Brammertz has been serving as the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia since 1 January 2008, a position that he will continue to hold while performing his functions at the Mechanism.

A profile of Prosecutor Brammertz can also be found on the Mechanism’s website. The UN Secretary-General’s press release announcing the appointment can be found on the UN website.

For more information, please contact

Arusha Tel: +255 (0)27 256 5376
The Hague Tel: +31 (0)70 512 5037
Email: mict-press@un.org

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The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) was established by UN Security Council Resolution 1966 (2010) to complete the remaining work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia after the completion of their respective mandates. The Mechanism has two branches, one in Arusha, Tanzania, and one in The Hague, Netherlands.