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President Meron presents fourth Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly and calls on Turkey to release Judge Aydin Sefa Akay from detention

Arusha, The Hague, 9 November 2016

The President Judge Theodor Meron
The President Judge Theodor Meron

President Theodor Meron today presented the fourth Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“MICT”) to the United Nations General Assembly and briefed the Assembly on the ongoing detention of a Judge of the Mechanism,…

 

MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on mission to Dar Es Salaam

Arusha, 2 November 2016

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania between 2 and 4 November, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council.

The Prosecutor will meet with Government officials, including…

 

The Mechanism marks the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

Arusha, The Hague, 27 October 2016

The Mechanism marks the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) today marks the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, by releasing a short informational video entitled “Preserving History as it Happens: An Introduction to the Audiovisual Archives…

 

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on mission to Belgrade

The Hague, 27 October 2016

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz

Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the ICTY and MICT, will be in Belgrade on 27 and 28 October, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council.

The Prosecutor will meet with Prime Minister of Serbia…

 

President Meron delivers a lecture at an ICRC Regional IHL Course for Arab Diplomats in Abu Dhabi

Arusha, The Hague, 13 October 2016

The President, Judge Theodor Meron
The President, Judge Theodor Meron

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, on Wednesday, 12 October 2016, delivered a lecture on the Criminal Repression of International Humanitarian Law Violations: Lessons from the…

 

MICT Judges meet in The Hague for Plenary Session

The Hague, 28 September 2016

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The Judges of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) held their first in-person plenary session in The Hague on 26 and 27 September 2016. During the plenary, the Judges discussed issues pertaining to the internal functioning of…

 

MICT and ICTY welcome record number of visitors on The Hague International Open Day

The Hague, 26 September 2016

Visitors in a courtroom of the MICT-Hague Branch
Visitors in a courtroom of the MICT-Hague Branch

Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) yesterday hosted more than 870 visitors as part of the ninth annual The Hague International Open Day, organised by the…

 

Open Day on 25 September 2016

The Hague, 23 September 2016

Open Day on 25 September 2016
Open Day on 25 September 2016

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) invite all interested members of the public to attend the MICT/ICTY Open Day on Sunday, 25 September,…

 

President Meron discusses Mechanism as a new model of international justice

The Hague, 20 September 2016

Dr. Abi Williams, President of The Hague Institute, Judge Theodor Meron, Mechanism President, Dr. Fidelma Donlon, Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn, Chair of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, and Programme Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University
Dr. Abi Williams, President of The Hague Institute, Judge Theodor Meron, Mechanism President, Dr. Fidelma Donlon, Registrar of the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and Professor Dr. Carsten Stahn, Chair of International Criminal Law and Global Justice, and Programme Director of the Grotius Centre for International Legal Studies, Leiden University

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), Judge Theodor Meron, yesterday took part in a panel discussion entitled “A Conversation on New Models of Tribunals”, at The Hague Institute for Global…

 

Release of the Report into Zdravko Tolimir’s Death

The Hague, 8 September 2016

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The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), Judge Theodor Meron, today filed the report of the internal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Zdravko Tolimir in the United Nations Detention…