The initial appearance in the case of Prosecutor v. Félicien Kabuga before the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) was held today, Wednesday, 11 November 2020 in The Hague before Judge Iain Bonomy (United Kingdom), the Presiding Judge of the Trial Chamber. Mr. Félicien Kabuga stands charged of seven counts of genocide and crimes against humanity.
The initial appearance in the case of Prosecutor v. Félicien Kabuga before the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) has been scheduled for Wednesday, 11 November 2020 at 2.00 p.m. CET in the Courtroom of the Mechanism's Hague branch, pursuant to the “Order Scheduling an Initial Appearance” issued by Judge Iain Bonomy on 8 November 2020.
On 24 October 2020, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) held an online workshop for 30 high school history teachers from Serbia.
This was the eighth in a series of MIP workshops and focused on how history teachers can best include judicially established facts in educational material related to the conflicts of 1990s in the former Yugoslavia.
The MIP workshops are implemented in cooperation with the European Association of History Teachers (EUROCLIO) and associations of history teachers from the countries of the former Yugoslavia.
Félicien Kabuga was transferred today from France to the custody of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) in The Hague, after having been at large for more than 22 years. His initial appearance will be held in due course before a Judge of the Trial Chamber assigned to his case.
Since the confirmation of the COVID-19 pandemic and its Statement on operations during COVID-19 of 19 March 2020, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (‘Mechanism’) has continued to closely follow developments in each of the countries where its branches and field offices are located, as well as the advice and guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN).
As Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), we are proud to join the international community in marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Charter of the United Nations (UN), and to celebrate the UN’s unique role in promoting peace, justice, and the advancement of international law.
Since its adoption in 1945, the UN Charter has fundamentally shaped our world and created the framework to replace conflict with cooperation and the peaceful resolution of disputes.
Judge Carmel Agius, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), today launched the second cycle of the Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme) by delivering a lecture on the creation and jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
The trial in the contempt case of Prosecutor v. Maximilien Turinabo et al. (MICT-18-116-T) before the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) will commence on Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 10 a.m. EAT and 9 a.m CEST at the Mechanism’s Arusha branch. The proceedings before Judge Vagn Joensen, the Single Judge assigned to the case, will begin with opening statements from the parties, followed by the expected presentation of evidence on Monday, 26 October 2020. Information on hearing times throughout the trial will be available here:
