Statement on Death of Lawyer John Jones

Mechanism
Statement
The Hague, Arusha
John R.W.D. Jones
John R.W.D. Jones

It is with great sadness that the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) learned of the premature passing of John R.W.D. Jones, a former staff member and defence counsel on five cases before the ICTY - the cases of Mehmed Alagić, Rasim Delić, Momčilo Krajišnik, Naser Orić, and Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markač.

Mr. Jones was a dear colleague and friend to many at the Tribunal as well as an accomplished and talented international lawyer. His loss will be deeply felt. Our thoughts and sincere condolences go to his family, in particular, his children and wife Miša, who also worked at the Tribunal.

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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.