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New Mechanism President, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, to participate in Twenty-Seventh Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide

The Hague, 7 July 2022

 President Graciela Gatti Santana
President Graciela Gatti Santana
The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, will travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) for the purposes of participating in a series of events marking the Twenty-Seventh…
 

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals delivers judgement in the Fatuma et al. case

Arusha, 29 June 2022

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals delivers judgement in the Fatuma et al. case

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) composed of Judge Carmel Agius (Presiding), Judge Alphons Orie, and Judge Seymour Panton delivered today its judgement on the appeals filed by Ms.…

 

President Agius Concludes Official Visit to Rwanda

Arusha, The Hague, 28 June 2022

President Carmel Agius
President Carmel Agius

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, has today concluded an official visit to the Republic of Rwanda (Rwanda).

 

Judge Gatti Santana appointed as new President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Arusha, The Hague, 27 June 2022

Judge Graciela Gatti Santana
Judge Graciela Gatti Santana

The United Nations Secretary-General has appointed Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, of Uruguay, as the new President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) for a term of two years, effective 1 July 2022.

 

Appeal Judgement in Prosecutor v. Fatuma et al. scheduled for Wednesday, 29 June 2022: Accreditation procedure now open

Arusha, 16 June 2022

Appeal Judgement in Prosecutor v. Fatuma et al. scheduled for Wednesday, 29 June 2022: Accreditation procedure now open

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) has scheduled the pronouncement of the Appeal Judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Marie Rose Fatuma, Dick Prudence Munyeshuli, and Augustin…

 

President Agius Presents the Progress of the Mechanism’s Work to the UN Security Council

Arusha, The Hague, 14 June 2022

President Carmel Agius
President Carmel Agius

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, today presented the Mechanism’s twentieth progress report, as well as its fourth review report, to the United Nations Security Council (…

 

Prosecutor Brammertz’s address to the UN Security Council

Arusha, The Hague, 14 June 2022

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz - UN Photo/Manuel Elías

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).

 

President Agius Meets with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres

Arusha, The Hague, 8 June 2022

IRMCT President, Judge Carmel Agius (left), meets with United Nation Secretary-General António Guterres UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe
IRMCT President, Judge Carmel Agius (left), meets with United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, met yesterday with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, in New York. It was their last meeting before…

 

Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation visits the Mechanism

Arusha, 21 May 2022

Tanzanian Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation visits the Mechanism

Today, a delegation headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation for the United Republic of Tanzania, the Hon. Amb. Liberata Mulamula, visited the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism)…

 

IRMCT Prosecutor Confirms Death of Fugitive Phénéas Munyarugarama

Arusha, The Hague, 18 May 2022

Phénéas Munyarugarama
Phénéas Munyarugarama

The IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) today confirms the death of Phénéas Munyarugarama, one of the remaining fugitives indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and a notable figure in the 1994 Genocide against the…