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The Mechanism Completes the Transfer of ICTR Records

Arusha, 13 December 2016

The Mechanism Completes the Transfer of ICTR Records

The records from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (“ICTR”) have now all been transferred into the custody of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”).

 

President Meron addresses the UN Security Council and urges the release of Judge Aydin Sefa Akay from detention

Arusha, The Hague, 8 December 2016

President Judge Theodor Meron
President Judge Theodor Meron

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT” and “Mechanism”), Judge Theodor Meron, today presented the latest progress report on the work of the MICT to the United Nations Security Council and urged the release of…

 

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz addresses the United Nations Security Council

Arusha, The Hague, 8 December 2016

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) today addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).
 

 

United Nations Secretary-General appoints Mr. Olufemi Elias as Registrar of the Mechanism

Arusha, The Hague, 29 November 2016

Mr. Olufemi Elias
Mr. Olufemi Elias

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced yesterday the appointment of Mr. Olufemi Elias of Nigeria as the Registrar of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT” or “Mechanism”), effective 1 January 2017.

 

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals opens its new premises of the Arusha branch

Arusha, 28 November 2016

New premises of the Arusha branch

The official opening of the new premises of the Arusha Branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT” or “Mechanism”) was marked by a ceremony held on Friday, 25 November 2016, in Arusha, presided over by H.E. Samia Suluhu…

 

Media invited to attend the official opening of the Arusha premises of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

Arusha, 21 November 2016

Arusha premises

Media are invited to attend the official opening ceremony of the new premises of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT”) in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. The MICT President, Judge Theodor Meron,…

 

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on mission to Sarajevo

The Hague, 14 November 2016

IRMCT blue banner

ICTY and MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Sarajevo on 14 and 15 November 2016, as part of preparations for his regular biannual reports to the UN Security Council (UNSC).

The Prosecutor will meet with members of the BiH…

 

MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz speaks at the meeting on establishing the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network

The Hague, 14 November 2016

Prosecutor Brammertz with the conference participants establishing the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network
Prosecutor Brammertz with the conference participants establishing the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network

MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz was in Nairobi, Kenya on 10 and 11 November, where he was a lead participant in a conference to establish the Great Lakes Judicial Cooperation Network.

 

President Meron meets with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Arusha, The Hague, 9 November 2016

Judge Theodor Meron and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon
Judge Theodor Meron and Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon

Judge Theodor Meron, President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT”), yesterday met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon.

During the meeting, which took place at UN headquarters in New…

 

President Meron presents fourth Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly and calls on Turkey to release Judge Aydin Sefa Akay from detention

Arusha, The Hague, 9 November 2016

The President Judge Theodor Meron
The President Judge Theodor Meron

President Theodor Meron today presented the fourth Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT”) to the United Nations General Assembly and briefed the Assembly on the ongoing detention of a Judge of the Mechanism,…