The IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) today announces that it has accounted for all fugitives indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) for crimes committed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The OTP has concluded that the last two fugitives – Ryandikayo and Charles Sikubwabo – are deceased. As for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the last fugitive was arrested in 2011.

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism or IRMCT) today launched a new Archives catalogue (catalogue), which provides, for the first time, information about the non-judicial archives held by the Mechanism.

Today, the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, was pleased to host a working meeting in The Hague with representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Hague-based representatives of States that are currently enforcing sentences imposed by the Mechanism, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The Registrar of the Mechanism, Mr. Abubacarr M.

Today, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) concluded its Second Judicial Colloquium, which was held over two days on 28 and 29 February 2024 in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania). This high-level event was funded through a generous contribution by the late Mr. Benjamin B. Ferencz, former Prosecutor at the Nuremberg International Military Tribunal, and his son, Mr. Donald Ferencz.

The Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Abubacarr M. Tambadou, today concluded an official mission to the Republic of Rwanda from 11 to 16 February 2024.

Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) met today with H.E. Andrej Milović, Minister of Justice of Montenegro, in The Hague.

They discussed matters related to accountability for atrocity crimes committed during the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia.

The Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Mr. Abubacarr M. Tambadou yesterday took part in a signing ceremony with Mr. Davor Bunoza, Minister of Justice of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) to conclude a Memorandum of Cooperation (Memorandum) on provision of information from judgements of convictions of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism.

The Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Mr. Abubacarr M. Tambadou, will be on an official visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), from 28 to 31 January 2024.

As part of the visit, Registrar Tambadou will hold meetings with a number of BiH government officials, including Minister of Justice of BiH, Mr. Davor Bunoza, to discuss the ongoing cooperation between the Mechanism and the BiH authorities, including Mechanism’s continued operations in BiH.

The Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Mr. Abubacarr M. Tambadou, today opened the second semester of the fifth cycle of the Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme), titled “International Law and Facts Established before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY)”. Registrar Tambadou delivered a lecture on the role and functions of the Mechanism for law students from 14 law faculties and one faculty of political sciences from across the region of the former Yugoslavia.