The Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT or Mechanism), Abubacarr M. Tambadou, today concluded an official mission to the Republic of Rwanda from 2 to 4 May 2023.

The Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT or Mechanism), Abubacarr M. Tambadou, will be on official mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) from 20 to 22 March 2023.

During his mission, Registrar Tambadou will meet with senior BiH government officials, members of the diplomatic community, as well as victims’ representatives.

On 23 February 2023, the Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT or Mechanism), Abubacarr M. Tambadou, will officiate over the closure of the United Nations Detention Facility (UNDF) in Arusha, in a handover ceremony to return the premises housing the UNDF to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania. The ceremony is scheduled to take place at 10:00 on 23 February 2023 at the UNDF.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, today met with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. António Guterres, in New York. It was their first meeting since Judge Gatti Santana assumed the presidency of the Mechanism on 1 July 2022.

The Secretary-General started by welcoming President Gatti-Santana, and reiterating his ongoing and strong support to the important work and mandate of the Mechanism.

The Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) yesterday held a briefing for the diplomatic corps accredited to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and international organizations.

During the briefing, which was attended by 50 ambassadors and members of the diplomatic corps, President Graciela Gatti Santana, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar Abubacarr M. Tambadou provided an overview and update of the Mechanism’s current activities.

Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz is on an official visit to Kigali from 14 to 18 November 2022. This visit constitutes part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the United Nations Security Council (“UNSC”).

The Prosecutor is scheduled to meet with key Government officials, including Rwanda’s Prosecutor General Aimable Havugiyaremye, Minister of Justice Dr. Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement Jean-Damascène Bizimana and Inspector General of Police Dan Munyuza.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, today launched the fourth cycle of the Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme) with a lecture on the creation and jurisdiction of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Postgraduate students from 11 universities from across the region of the former Yugoslavia took part in the online event, and it is anticipated that additional universities will join the fourth cycle.