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Arusha Spouses’ Association makes donation for school water point
Arusha, 17 February 2014
On 11 February the Arusha Spouses’ Association (ASA) received a donation in the amount of $ 4,040 for the funding of a water point at the Sombetini Primary School in Arusha, Tanzania. A unique initiative facilitated by the Office of the Registrar…
Milan Lukić transferred to Estonia to serve sentence
The Hague, 11 February 2014
Milan Lukić, former leader of a group of local Bosnian Serb paramilitaries in the south-eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad, was transferred on Monday, 10 February to Estonia to serve his sentence.
New search tool on ICTR and ICTY jurisprudence
Arusha, The Hague, 16 December 2013
A new international criminal justice research tool has been released online to facilitate public access to the vast collection of jurisprudence produced by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and of the…
President Meron’s address to the UN Security Council
The Hague, 5 December 2013
President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today updated the United Nations Security Council on the work of the Mechanism as it moves forward in its second year of existence.
United Nations and Tanzania sign agreement on Mechanism headquarters
Arusha, 29 November 2013
The Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, visited the United Republic of Tanzania this week to sign an agreement between the United Nations and the United Republic of Tanzania…
The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals Make Joint Visit to Rwanda
Arusha, 6 November 2013
On 4 and 5 November 2013, the leading officials of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) were in Kigali, Rwanda, to meet with senior officials of the Rwandan…
President Meron presents first Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly
The Hague, 14 October 2013
President Theodor Meron today presented the first Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) to the UN General Assembly. In his first address to the General Assembly on behalf of the MICT, President Meron reported…
Mechanism Takes Custody of Archives and Records Centres at Arusha Branch
Arusha, 17 September 2013
370 linear metres of records and two temporary records centres were handed over by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (“ICTR”) to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) on Tuesday, 17 September 2013. The ICTR…
Mechanism Prosecutor designates Officers-in-charge for Arusha and Hague branches and visits Den Haag Mayor’s office
The Hague, 10 September 2013
The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Mr Hassan B. Jallow, has designated Mr Mathias Marcussen, the Senior Legal Officer of the Mechanism OTP Hague Branch, as the Officer-in-Charge of the OTP pursuant to the…
Sredoje Lukić transferred to Norway to serve sentence
The Hague, 26 August 2013
Sredoje Lukić, former member of a group of local Bosnian Serb paramilitaries in the eastern Bosnian town of Višegrad, was transferred Wednesday, 21 August to Norway to serve the remainder of his 27 year sentence.