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Ratko Mladić appeal hearing taking place on 25 and 26 August 2020: Practical information and case background

The Hague, 19 August 2020

Mladić Ratko Appeal Hearing
Mladić Ratko Appeal Hearing
The appeal hearing in the case of Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić before the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) will take place on Tuesday, 25 August 2020 and Wednesday, 26 August 2020 in Courtroom I of the Mechanism's…
 

IRMCT Principals’ Joint Statement: International Criminal Justice Day on 17 July 2020

Arusha, The Hague, 17 July 2020

Mechanism principals
Today the three Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), President Carmel Agius, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, and Registrar Abubacarr Tambadou issued the following statement to mark International Criminal…
 

Mechanism marks twenty-five years since the Srebrenica genocide

Arusha, The Hague, 11 July 2020

Srebrenica 25
Srebrenica 25
The three Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), President Carmel Agius, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar Abubacarr Tambadou, today joined in marking the twenty-fifth commemoration of the…
 

UN Secretary-General appoints Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou as Registrar of the Mechanism

Arusha, The Hague, 2 July 2020

Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou
Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced his appointment of Mr. Abubacarr Marie Tambadou of the Republic of The Gambia as the new Registrar of the Mechanism, effective 1 July 2020.
 

UN Secretary-General reappoints Judge Carmel Agius as Mechanism President and renews terms of Mechanism Judges

Arusha, The Hague, 30 June 2020

President Carmel Agius
President Carmel Agius
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Judge Carmel Agius to a second term of office as President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), with effect from 1 July 2020 until 30 June 2022.
 

UN Security Council reappoints Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and completes review of Mechanism’s progress of work

Arusha, The Hague, 26 June 2020

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

The United Nations Security Council, by resolution 2529 (2020), yesterday reappointed Prosecutor Serge Brammertz to a new term as Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), with effect from 1 July 2020…

 

Video Lecture Programme on ICTY legacy concludes with a talk by Registrar Elias

The Hague, 17 June 2020

Registrar Olufemi Elias
Registrar Olufemi Elias
The first cycle of the Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme) “International Law and Facts Established before the ICTY” concluded today with a lecture delivered by Mr. Olufemi Elias, Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism…
 

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz addresses the United Nations Security Council

Arusha, The Hague, 8 June 2020

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) today addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
 

President Agius briefs UN Security Council on progress of Mechanism’s work

Arusha, The Hague, 8 June 2020

UNSC
The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, today presented the Mechanism’s sixteenth progress report to the United Nations Security Council (Council) by video-teleconference from The…