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President Meron’s address to the UN Security Council

The Hague, 5 December 2013

UN Security Council
UN Security Council

President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today updated the United Nations Security Council on the work of the Mechanism as it moves forward in its second year of existence.

 

United Nations and Tanzania sign agreement on Mechanism headquarters

Arusha, 29 November 2013

Miguel Serpa Soares, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, and Bernard K.Membe, Tanzania Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation
Miguel Serpa Soares, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, and Bernard K.Membe, Tanzania Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation

The Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, visited the United Republic of Tanzania this week to sign an agreement between the United Nations and the United Republic of Tanzania…

 

The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Make Joint Visit to Rwanda

Arusha, 6 November 2013

Rwanda

On 4 and 5 November 2013, the leading officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) were in Kigali, Rwanda, to meet with senior officials of the Rwandan…

 

President Meron presents first Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly

The Hague, 14 October 2013

President Theodor Meron
President Theodor Meron

President Theodor Meron today presented the first Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) to the UN General Assembly. In his first address to the General Assembly on behalf of the MICT, President Meron reported…

 

Mechanism Takes Custody of Archives and Records Centres at Arusha Branch

Arusha, 17 September 2013

ICTR Registrar Bongani Majola ; ICTR President Judge Vagn Joensen ; ICTR and MICT Prosecutor Hassan B. Jallow ; Samuel Akorimo (representing ICTY and MICT Registrar John Hocking) and Karen Johnson (representing ICTY and MICT President Judge Theodor Meron).
ICTR Registrar Bongani Majola ; ICTR President Judge Vagn Joensen ; ICTR and MICT Prosecutor Hassan B. Jallow ; Samuel Akorimo (representing ICTY and MICT Registrar John Hocking) and Karen Johnson (representing ICTY and MICT President Judge Theodor Meron).

370 linear metres of records and two temporary records centres were handed over by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (“ICTR”) to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) on Tuesday, 17 September 2013. The ICTR…

 

Mechanism Prosecutor designates Officers-in-charge for Arusha and Hague branches and visits Den Haag Mayor’s office

The Hague, 10 September 2013

MICT Prosecutor Hassan B. Jallow and Willem Post, Director of International Affairs, City of The Hague
MICT Prosecutor Hassan B. Jallow and Willem Post, Director of International Affairs, City of The Hague

The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Mr Hassan B. Jallow, has designated Mr Mathias Marcussen, the Senior Legal Officer of the Mechanism OTP Hague Branch, as the Officer-in-Charge of the OTP pursuant to the…

 

Sredoje Lukić transferred to Norway to serve sentence

The Hague, 26 August 2013

Convict Sredoje Lukić
Convict Sredoje Lukić

Sredoje Lukić, former member of a group of local Bosnian Serb paramilitaries in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad, was transferred Wednesday, 21 August to Norway to serve the remainder of his 27 year sentence.

 

First status conference of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals to be held on 17 July 2013 in Arusha

Arusha, 12 July 2013

First status conference of the Mechanism

A status conference in the case of Augustin Ngirabatware v. The Prosecutor is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, 17 July 2013, at 14:00 hrs in Arusha, Tanzania (Judge Laity Kama courtroom, 4th floor Kilimanjaro).

 

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) begins work in The Hague

The Hague, 1 July 2013

Judge Theodor Meron, President of the MICT and ICTY
Judge Theodor Meron, President of the MICT and ICTY

The launch of the Hague Branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) was marked by a ceremony held today in The Hague, which brought together over 200 international officials, government representatives from…

 

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) to begin work in The Hague

The Hague, 21 June 2013

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The launch of the Hague Branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) will be marked by a ceremony to be held at 11 am on 1 July 2013 at the seat of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The…