Address of Mr. Serge Brammertz Prosecutor, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals to the United Nations Security Council 8 June 2021

Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz
Mister President, Excellencies, Thank you for this opportunity to remotely address you about the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals. My written report provides details about our activities and results during the reporting period in relation to our strategic priorities. Today, I would like to highlight a few important issues.

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals delivers judgement in the Mladić case

Mladić Ratko
Mladić Ratko

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals composed of Judge Prisca Matimba Nyambe (Presiding), Judge Aminatta Lois Runeni N'gum, Judge Seymour Panton, Judge Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya, and Judge Mustapha El Baaj delivered today its judgement on the appeals filed by Mr. Ratko Mladić and the Prosecution against the judgement rendered on 22 November 2017 by a Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (“ICTY”).

Appeal Judgement in Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić scheduled for 8 June 2021: Accreditation procedure now closed

Mladić Ratko
Mladić Ratko

The accreditation procedure for those wishing to attend the pronouncement of the Appeal Judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić by the Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) is now closed. The Appeal Judgement is scheduled for Tuesday, 8 June 2021 at 3.00 p.m. CEST in the Courtroom of the Mechanism’s Hague branch.

Accredited media will be notified by email of the status of their accreditation and collection details today.

Appeal Judgement in Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić scheduled for 8 June 2021: Accreditation procedure now open

Mladić Ratko
Mladić Ratko

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunal (“Mechanism”) has scheduled the pronouncement of the Appeal Judgement in the case of Prosecutor v. Ratko Mladić for Tuesday, 8 June 2021 at 3.00 p.m. CEST in the Courtroom of the Mechanism's Hague branch.

The accreditation procedure for media and non-media representatives wishing to attend the pronouncement of the Appeal Judgement is now open.

Ambassadors of Belgium, Denmark, and The Netherlands visit Mechanism’s Arusha Branch

David Falces, H.E. Mr. Jeroen Verheul, Ana Cristina Rodriguez Pineda, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, H.E. Ms. Mette Nørgaard Dissing-Spandet, H.E. Mr. Peter Van Acker, Nathalie van den Berge, Thembile Segoete, Neema Matafu.
First row from left to right: David Falces (Chief of Administration), H.E. Mr. Jeroen Verheul, Ambassador of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, Ana Cristina Rodriguez Pineda (Chef de Cabinet and Principal Legal Advisor, Office of the President), Prosecutor Serge Brammertz, H.E. Ms. Mette Nørgaard Dissing-Spandet, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark, and H.E. Mr. Peter Van Acker, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium. Second row from left to right: Nathalie van den Berge (Deputy Officer-in-Charge and Legal Officer, Office of the Registrar, Arusha Branch), Thembile Segoete (Officer-in-Charge, Office of the Prosecutor, Arusha branch), and Neema Matafu, Senior Policy Officer for Public Administration and Economic Policies, Netherlands Embassy in Tanzania.
On Tuesday 18 May 2021, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”) welcomed three Ambassadors to its Arusha branch premises. The visit was a courtesy call by the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium to Tanzania, His Excellency Peter Van Acker, the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark to Tanzania, Her Excellency Mette Nørgaard Dissing-Spandet, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Tanzania, His Excellency Jeroen Verheul.

Mechanism Statement on operations during COVID-19

Mechanism Statement on operations during COVID-19

Since the confirmation of the COVID-19 pandemic and its Statement on operations during COVID-19 of 19 March 2020, the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (‘Mechanism’) has continued to closely follow developments in each of the countries where its branches and field offices are located, as well as the advice and guidelines of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations (UN).

Conclusion of closing arguments in Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović

Conclusion of closing arguments in Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović.
Conclusion of closing arguments in Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović.

The Trial Chamber at the Hague Branch of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), composed of Judges Burton Hall (The Bahamas), presiding, Joseph Masanche (Tanzania), and Seon Ki Park (South Korea), today concluded the hearing of the parties’ closing arguments in the case of Prosecutor v. Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović. The closing arguments were heard from Monday, 12 April, until Wednesday, 14 April 2021.

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