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).

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 President Agius steps down from his role as Mechanism President, effective 1 July 2022.

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) premises in Arusha. Minister Mulamula was joined by Amb. Caroline Kitana Chipeta, Director of the Legal Affairs Unit and other Ministry staff.

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 Tutsi in Rwanda. Together with the confirmation of the death of Protais Mpiranya last Thursday, only four outstanding fugitives now remain under the IRMCT’s jurisdiction: Fulgence Kayishema, Charles Sikubwabo, Charles Ryandikayo and Aloys Ndimbati.

In response to today’s announcement, Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz stated:

Today, the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Carmel Agius, received a delegation from the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) headed by its President, the Hon. Justice Nestor Kayobera. President Kayobera was joined by the Vice President of the EACJ, the Hon. Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire, as well as the Hon. Justice Yohane Masara, the Hon. Lady Justice Sauda Mjasiri, the Hon. Lady Justice Anita Mugeni, and the Hon. Justice Kathurima M'Inoti. The EACJ Deputy Registrar, Ms.

The IRMCT Office of the Prosecutor confirms today the death of Protais Mpiranya, the last of the major fugitives indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and alleged to have been a senior leader of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. There are now only five outstanding fugitives under the IRMCT’s jurisdiction.

In reaction to today’s announcement, IRMCT Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz stated:

Chief Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Serge Brammertz is visiting Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) from 4 to 8 April 2022.

Today, Prosecutor Brammertz was in Sarajevo and made opening remarks together with the President of the Mechanism, Judge Carmel Agius at a conference marking the 30th anniversary of the start of the Siege of Sarajevo.