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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,…

 

Prosecutor Jallow Delivers Keynote Speech at the Assembly of States Parties of the ICC

The Hague, 20 November 2015

Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals
Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals

Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), delivered a keynote speech yesterday on the topic “Towards a Multilateral Treaty for…

 

The Mechanism and the ICTY commemorate 70 years of the United Nations

The Hague, 20 October 2015

UN flag

This week, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will join the UN in celebrating 70 years since the entry into force of the UN Charter on 24 October…

 

President Meron Presents Third Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly

Arusha, The Hague, 13 October 2015

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

President Theodor Meron today presented the third Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) to the UN General Assembly, highlighting the Mechanism’s achievements of the past year as well as its on-going challenges…

 

MICT Registrar delivers closing address at the 2015 International Council on Archives Conference

Arusha, The Hague, 2 October 2015

Mr. John Hocking, Registrar of the MICT and ICTY
Mr. John Hocking, Registrar of the MICT and ICTY

The Registrar of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Mr. John Hocking, delivered on Tuesday the closing address of the 2015 International Council…

 

Statement by President Theodor Meron on the occasion of International Justice Day

Arusha, The Hague, 16 July 2015

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

On International Justice Day, we mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court: the world’s first permanent international criminal tribunal.