Prosecutor Brammertz on mission to Sarajevo

Office of the Prosecutor
Press advisory
The Hague
Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Mechanism Chief Prosecutor, Serge Brammertz will visit Sarajevo from 28 to 30 October 2019, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council (UNSC).

Prosecutor Brammertz will meet with Chief Prosecutor, Gordana Tadić, President of the State Court Ranko Debevec and members of the international community. The topics for discussion will be 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.

The Prosecutor will also attend a meeting of the Operational Working Group on search for missing persons to discuss challenges in finding missing persons from the war and the role of the OTP Mechanism in this process.

On 30 October 2019, in the Sarajevo City Hall, Chief Prosecutor Brammertz will give a lecture to high school students from different Sarajevo secondary schools on current challenges to international justice.

It is expected that Prosecutor Brammertz will present his next report to the UNSC in December 2019.

For more information, please contact the External Relations Office

Arusha Tel: +255 (0)27 256 5376
The Hague Tel: +31 (0)70 512 5691
Email: mict-press@un.org

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The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) was established by UN Security Council Resolution 1966 (2010) to complete the remaining work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia after the completion of their respective mandates. The Mechanism has two branches, one in Arusha, Tanzania, and one in The Hague, Netherlands.