The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) is pleased to announce the release of a video tutorial to help users navigate the Unified Court Records (UCR) database more effectively.

On 10 February, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in the online webinar “How to use the IRMCT/ICTY archive for inclusive memorialisation?”. The event was organised by the British Council as the first in a series of webinars under the project “Different Memories, Shared Futures: Towards Inclusive Memorialisation in the Western Balkans.”

The recording of the Status Conference in the case of Prosecutor v. Félicien Kabuga, which took place in the courtroom of the IRMCT's Hague Branch, is now available. The footage can be viewed at the following link: Félicien Kabuga (MICT-13-38), Status Conference, 17 December 2025 

Today, the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, presented the Mechanism’s twenty-seventh progress report to the United Nations Security Council (Council) in New York.

Today, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) addressed the United Nations Security Council regarding the work of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP).

In his 27^th Progress Report to the Security Council, Prosecutor Brammertz provided updates concerning the OTP’s two strategic priorities: litigation of mandated residual matters; and assistance to national jurisdictions prosecuting international crimes committed in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.

From 8 to 10 December 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in a conference in Zagreb, Croatia, entitled Detinjstvo kao utopija (Childhood as utopia). The conference was organised by the Serb National Council from Croatia (Srpsko narodno vijeće), and all events were held at the Serbian Cultural Centre in Zagreb.

On 26 and 27 November 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in a conference in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, entitled Srebrenica: three decades of struggle for truth, justice, future, organised by the Association “Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Žepa Enclaves” and the Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide.

On 6 November 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) took part in the Second International Festival of Culture, Art, Heritage and Creative Industries, titled “Creative Fest Montenegro.” The festival is being held in Petrovac, Montenegro, from 3 to 9 November 2025, and is organized by the Association for Cultural Development Bauo.

Today, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), launched the seventh cycle of the Mechanism’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme (Programme), addressing postgraduate students from 14 law faculties and one political sciences faculty from across the former Yugoslavia. In her lecture, the President focused on the creation, jurisdiction, and mandate of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).