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).

On 28 and 29 October 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in the Fifth School on Transitional Justice, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event was organized by the partner organization Pravnik and supported by the European Union and UNDP. It brought together 24 law and social science students from across Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, was honoured to meet yesterday with the President of the 80th session of the General Assembly, Her Excellency Ms. Annalena Baerbock of the Federal Republic of Germany, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, today presented the Mechanism’s thirteenth Annual Report to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

On 15 and 16 October 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) organized a lecture series and workshop in Podgorica, Montenegro, aimed at journalists, historians, archaeologists, social science researchers, museum professionals, and civil society representatives.

The Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) has today released the complete Macedonian translation of the Guide for History Teachers: How to Use Archival Material of the ICTY and Mechanism in Teaching the History of the 1990s Conflicts. This new translation makes this valuable resource more accessible to history educators working in the Macedonian language, further broadening its impact across the region.