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United Nations Security Council completes review of Mechanism’s progress

Arusha, The Hague, 23 December 2015

UNSC

On 22 December, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2256 (2015) noting inter alia the completion of its first review of the progress of the work of the Mechanism.

 

Initial appearance of Stanišić and Simatović before the Mechanism

Arusha, The Hague, 18 December 2015

Franko Simatović and Jovica Stanišić
Franko Simatović and Jovica Stanišić

The initial appearance of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović was held today at The Hague branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT). Both accused entered a plea of not guilty before Pre-Trial Judge Burton Hall. This is…

 

Stanišić and Simatović Initial Appearance to be held on 18 December 2015

The Hague, 17 December 2015

Simatović and Stanišić

The initial appearance of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović is scheduled to be held tomorrow, Friday, 18 December 2015 at 14:30 in courtroom I, before Judge Hall.

 

Prosecutor Jallow addresses UN Security Council

The Hague, 9 December 2015

Prosecutor Justice Hassan B. Jallow
Prosecutor Justice Hassan B. Jallow

he Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Justice Hassan B. Jallow, today, presented his latest six-monthly report on the activities of the Office of the…

 

President Meron addresses the UN Security Council

The Hague, 9 December 2015

President, Judge Theodor Meron
President, Judge Theodor Meron

President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today presented the latest progress report on the work of the Mechanism to the United Nations Security Council.
 

 

Rwandan Genocide Fugitive Arrested in the DRC

Arusha, The Hague, 9 December 2015

Fugitive Arrested in the DRC

Les autorités de la République démocratique du Congo (la « RDC ») ont arrêté aujourd’hui l’un des neuf fugitifs mis en accusation par le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (le « TPIR »), Ladislas Ntaganzwa, ancien bourgmestre de la…

 

The Mechanism launches new Judicial Records Research Tool

Arusha, 3 December 2015

Judicial Records Research Tool (JRAD)

Today the Mechanism has launched a new online research tool, the Judicial Records and Archives Database (JRAD), which is aimed at enhancing access to the public judicial records of the International Criminal…

 

President Meron delivers remarks at the ICTR Staff Association Dinner and Prosecutor’s Roundtable in Arusha to mark the closure of the ICTR

Arusha, 2 December 2015

Judge Theodor Meron, President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals
Judge Theodor Meron, President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

As part of the events marking the closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, delivered remarks at the ICTR Staff…

 

MICT and ICTR Prosecutor Jallow hosts a High-Level Roundtable on Promoting Accountability

Arusha, 2 December 2015

Mechanism President Meron and Prosecutor Jallow with participants at the Prosecutor's Roundtable in Arusha
Mechanism President Meron and Prosecutor Jallow with participants at the Prosecutor's Roundtable in Arusha

As part of activities marking the official Closing Ceremony of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, the Prosecutor of the ICTR and the Mechanism, Justice Hassan B. Jallow, on 2 December 2015, hosted a High-Level…

 

Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism concludes its 3rd annual Joint Branch meeting in Arusha

Arusha, 30 November 2015

MICT Prosecutor Hassan B. Jallow with staff members of the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor at the 3rd annual Joint Branch meeting in Arusha
MICT Prosecutor Hassan B. Jallow with staff members of the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor at the 3rd annual Joint Branch meeting in Arusha

Staff members of the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) have concluded the 3rd annual Joint Branch meeting held in Arusha on 26 and 27 November 2015.  At the opening of the meeting, Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism,…