On 6 April 2024, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) organised an online workshop for members of the European Association of History Teachers (EUROCLIO) and representatives of associations of history educators from countries of the former Yugoslavia. Led by MIP youth outreach coordinator, Ms. Anisa Sućeska, the workshop aimed to provide a platform for consultation and planning of joint MIP/EUROCLIO activities for the 2024-2026 period.

On the occasion of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda and Kwibuka30, the Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), President Graciela Gatti Santana, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar Abubacarr M. Tambadou, issued the following statement:

In the course of the first week of April 2024, the three Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), President Graciela Gatti Santana, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar Abubacarr M. Tambadou, are visiting the Republic of Rwanda (Rwanda).

Today, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), delivered a video message at the High-Level Conference: “Building a Common Agenda for Prevention in the Western Balkans”.

Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) is on an official mission to Kigali, Rwanda from 11-15 March 2024.

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has successfully completed an official visit to Mozambique, a member of the Security Council.

While in Maputo, Prosecutor Brammertz met with the Vice-Attorney General, Dr. Alberto Paulo, to thank his office for its effective cooperation in the tracking of fugitive Fulgence Kayishema, who was arrested in neighbouring South Africa in 2023.

Prosecutor Brammertz also met with the UN country team and participated in a capacity building seminar for local prosecutors.

Yesterday, the President of the Mechanism, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, attended the Opening Ceremony of the biennial Commonwealth Law Ministers Meeting (CLMM), which is being hosted by the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania (Tanzania) in Zanzibar.

The fifth cycle of the Mechanism's Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme) concluded today with a lecture by the Coordinator of the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) – Ms. Rada Pejić-Sremac. She discussed the role and work of the outreach programmes of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT).

On 26 and 27 February 2024, the Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) gathered for an in-person Plenary Session at the seat of the Mechanism in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania. This was the Mechanism's fourth in-person Plenary Session, with the previous one having been held in 2022 at the Mechanism’s Hague branch.

Today, during their in-person Plenary Session in Arusha, the Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) considered the “Ethical Principles for International Criminal Judges” (Ethical Principles), which were adopted in Paris on 15 May 2023 within the framework of the “Ethica” project. This initiative was organised by the French national school for the judiciary, in partnership with the International Nuremberg Principles Academy and the Siracusa International Institute for Criminal Justice and Human Rights.