The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, met yesterday with Secretary-General António Guterres at United Nations Headquarters in New York.  It was their first meeting since President Agius assumed office in January 2019.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, met yesterday with the President of the Seventy-fourth Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria, at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The initial appearance of Mr. Augustin Ngirabatware with regard to allegations of contempt is scheduled for Thursday, 17 October 2019, at 10:00 a.m. in the Courtroom of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, before Judge Vagn Joensen, the Single Judge assigned to the matter.

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) has recently provided the Sarajevo Information Centre on the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (Centre) with certified copies of all publically available judgements issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism. These copies were provided in both English and Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian.

Following the issuance of the review judgment in the case Prosecutor v. Augustin Ngirabatware, Chief Prosecutor of the Mechanism, Serge Brammertz, gave the following statement:

My Office is satisfied that the Appeals Chamber accepted our arguments and rejected Augustin Ngirabatware's attempt to secure reversal of his convictions for direct and public incitement to commit genocide and instigating and aiding and abetting genocide. The Appeals Chamber agreed with us that the alleged recantations by four witnesses were not credible or capable of belief.

Today, the Appeals Chamber composed of Judge Theodor Meron (United States), presiding, Judge Joseph E. Chiondo Masanche (Tanzania), Judge Lee G. Muthoga (Kenya), Judge Aminatta Lois Runeni N’gum (Gambia), and Judge Gberdao Gustave Kam (Burkina Faso) delivered its judgement on review in the case of Prosecutor v. Augustin Ngirabatware, Case No. MICT-12-29-R.

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), comprised of Judge Theodor Meron (Presiding), Judge Joseph E. Chiondo Masanche, Judge Lee G. Muthoga, Judge Aminatta Lois Runeni N’gum, and Judge Gberdao Gustave Kam will on Friday 27 September 2019 deliver the Review Judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Augustin Ngirabatware at the Arusha branch of the Mechanism at 11.00 am.

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) yesterday welcomed over 700 members of the public to its premises as part of The Hague International Open Day, organised by the City of The Hague.

On 9 and 10 September 2019 Chief Prosecutor Brammertz welcomed Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić of the Prosecutor’s Office of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Chief Prosecutor Snezana Stanojković of the War Crimes Prosecutor’s Office of Serbia and their respective delegations for meetings in The Hague.

On Friday, 6 September 2019, the Arusha branch of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) held an official graduation ceremony to welcome 17 newly recruited Security Officers. During this official ceremony, Mr. Yaw Okai, Chief of Security and Safety Services of the Arusha branch, welcomed and congratulated the new recruits.