The fifth cycle of the Mechanism's Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme) concluded today with a lecture by the Coordinator of the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) – Ms. Rada Pejić-Sremac. She discussed the role and work of the outreach programmes of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).

On 26 and 27 February 2024, the Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) gathered for an in-person Plenary Session at the seat of the Mechanism in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. This was the Mechanism's fourth in-person Plenary Session, with the previous one having been held in 2022 at the Mechanism’s Hague branch.

Today, during their in-person Plenary Session in Arusha, the Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) considered the “Ethical Principles for International Criminal Judges” (Ethical Principles), which were adopted in Paris on 15 May 2023 within the framework of the “Ethica” project. This initiative was organised by the French national school for the judiciary, in partnership with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights.

On Wednesday, 28 February 2024, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) will open its Second Judicial Colloquium, entitled “The New Face of Atrocity Crime Proceedings: Internationalisation of Standards, Regional Dialogues on Procedural and Cooperation Matters, and Use of New Technologies”, in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania).

The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) is delighted to announce that the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, has appointed Judge René José Andriatianarivelo of the Republic of Madagascar (Madagascar) to the Mechanism’s roster of Judges, effective 20 February 2024.

Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is on an official mission to Kigali, Rwanda from 30 January to 7 February 2024.

The purpose of the Chief Prosecutor’s mission is to have high-level and technical discussions concerning ongoing efforts to achieve more justice for more victims and survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, concluded today a two-day mission to Strasbourg. During her mission, she met with high-level officials of the Council of Europe, including the President of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Judge Síofra O’Leary, the Registrar of the ECHR, Dr. Marialena Tsirli, the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ms.

Valentin Ćorić, one of the six convicted persons in the Prosecutor v. Prlić et al. case yesterday completed his 16-year sentence, handed down by a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on 29 May 2013 and affirmed on appeal by the ICTY Appeals Chamber on 29 November 2017.  

Today, representatives of the Mechanism’s Chambers Legal Support Section held a workshop for legal staff at the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The objective of the workshop was to familiarize the participants with the Mechanism’s Case Law Database and to share with them the Mechanism’s best practices in providing legal support to judges adjudicating cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.

Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), today addressed the United Nations Security Council about the work of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP).

Prosecutor Brammertz began by informing the Council that the OTP has completed its important mandate to prosecute the final ICTR and ICTY cases.