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Mechanism Prosecutor Brammertz on mission to Kigali
Arusha, 10 November 2021
Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be on an official visit to Kigali from 11 to 17 November 2021. This visit constitutes part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), and follows the…
Judge Theodor Meron steps down from Judicial Roster of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
Arusha, The Hague, 5 November 2021
Judge Theodor Meron has informed the Secretary-General of the United Nations, through President Carmel Agius, of his intention to resign from the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) as of 17 November 2021, which…
Mechanism Prosecutor Brammertz on mission to South Africa
Arusha, 4 November 2021
Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) will be on official visit to Pretoria from 8 to 9 November 2021, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the United…
Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on official mission to Harare
Arusha, 1 November 2021
Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) will have an official visit to Harare, Zimbabwe, from 2 to 4 November 2021, as part of preparations for his regular…
President Agius launches third cycle of Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme
The Hague, 28 October 2021
Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), today launched the third cycle of the Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme) with a lecture on the creation and…
President Agius presents Ninth Annual Report to UN General Assembly
Arusha, The Hague, 20 October 2021
The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, today presented the Mechanism’s ninth Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
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…