President Meron meets Serbian Prime Minister Brnabić, challenges her statements denying genocide in Srebrenica

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, concluded his final visit to Serbia today with a meeting with the Serbian Prime Minister, Ms. Ana Brnabić.
The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, concluded his final visit to Serbia today with a meeting with the Serbian Prime Minister, Ms. Ana Brnabić.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, concluded his final visit to Serbia today with a meeting with the Serbian Prime Minister, Ms. Ana Brnabić.

Mechanism President Meron on official visit to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia

President Theodor Meron
President Theodor Meron

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, will be on an official visit to Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), and Croatia from 19 to 22 November 2018.

The official visit commences in Serbia, where President Meron will meet with the Serbian Prime Minister, Ms. Ana Brnabić, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Ivica Dačić and with the Minister of Justice, Ms. Nela Kuburović, on 19 and 20 November in Serbia.  

Prosecutor on mission to Kigali

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Kigali from 15 to 16 November, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council.

The Prosecutor will meet with Minister of Justice Johnston Busingye and representatives from the Prosecutor General’s Office to discuss the search for the remaining ICTR fugitives, cooperation between Rwandan authorities and the Office of the Prosecutor, the Turinabo et al. contempt proceedings and other issues of mutual interest.

The Mechanism and other International Organizations host the second International Organizations Open Day in Arusha

On Saturday, 3 November 2018, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), together with the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, the African Institute of International Law; the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption, the East African Community and its constituent institutions, the East, Central and Southern Africa Health Community, the Eastern and Southern African Management Institute, and the Pan African Postal Union, hosted the second International Organizations Open Day at the Mechanism’s premises in Lakilaki, Arusha, the United Republic of Tanzani

Dutch authorities conclude criminal investigation into Slobodan Praljak’s death

Today the Hague Public Prosecutor’s Office released the report on the death of Mr. Slobodan Praljak, one of the six appellants in the Prlić et al. case of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), and concluded that no criminal offences were established related to the incident. It further informed the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), as the successor organization to the ICTY of the results of the investigation.

Prosecutor on mission to Sarajevo

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Sarajevo from 29 to 31 October, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council (UNSC).

Prosecutor Brammertz will meet with Acting Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić and President Ranko Debevec to discuss the status of war crimes processing in Bosnia and Herzegovina, cooperation with and support from the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) and potential solutions to challenges in regional judicial cooperation in war crimes cases.

Mechanism and other International Organizations based in Arusha invite the public to the Arusha International Organizations Day

International Organizations Day
International Organizations Day

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) and other international, regional and sub-regional organizations in Arusha will host the second Arusha International Organizations Open Day on Saturday, 3 November 2018, from 10:00 – 17:00 at the premises of the Mechanism at Lakilaki, Arusha, Tanzania.

Mechanism marks UN Day with students

Mechanism Registrar Olufemi Elias and students from various international schools in Arusha.
Mechanism Registrar Olufemi Elias and students from various international schools in Arusha.

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) today joins the world in marking United Nations (UN) Day at its Arusha branch by welcoming to its premises students from various international schools in Arusha. The theme of this year’s commemoration is “Greening the blue” and focuses on the UN’s commitment to reducing waste and promoting environmental sustainability.

Prosecutor on mission to Belgrade

Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will visit Belgrade from 22 to 24 October, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council (UNSC).

The Prosecutor will meet with President Aleksandar Vučić, Minister of Justice Nela Kuburović and Chief War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković to discuss the implementation of the National War Crimes Strategy, regional judicial cooperation in war crimes cases and support from the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) to Serbian authorities’ efforts to achieve justice for war crimes.