The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) today received a visit from a delegation of the Economic Community of West African (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice at the premises of the Mechanism’s Hague branch. The high-level delegation of Judges and senior officials was led by the President of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice, the Honourable Justice Jérôme Traoré.
Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Belgrade from 9 to 11 May 2018, as part of preparations for his regular biannual report to the UN Security Council (UNSC).
The Prosecutor will meet with President Aleksandar Vučić, Minister of Justice Nela Kuburović, War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković and members of diplomatic community.
It is expected that Prosecutor Brammertz will present his next report to the UNSC in early June.
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) received a visit from the Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Germany, His Excellency Heiko Maas, at the premises of the Mechanism’s Arusha branch on Friday, 4 May 2018.
The Appeals Chamber of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, composed of Judge Theodor Meron, presiding, Judge William Hussein Sekule, Judge Vagn Prüsse Joensen, Judge José Ricardo de Prada Solaesa, and Judge Graciela Susana Gatti Santana heard yesterday and today oral arguments in the appeals filed by Mr. Radovan Karadžić and the Prosecution against the judgement rendered on 24 March 2016 by the Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
The accreditation procedure for representatives of the media wishing to attend the appeal hearing in the case of Radovan Karadžić, scheduled for 23 and 24 April 2018, is now closed.
Final media information and the list of accredited media are now available on the MICT website.
Journalists are required to pick up their accreditation tickets on Monday, 23 April 2018, between 8.30 and 09:00 at the gate outside the main entrance of the Mechanism’s Hague branch.
The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) received a visit from the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania, His Excellency Adolf F. Mkenda, at the premises of the Mechanism’s Arusha branch on Friday, 13 April 2018.
On 9 April 2018, the Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) concluded a plenary conducted by remote written procedure, during which the Judges addressed issues pertaining to the diverse approaches of civil and common law systems and adopted amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, to be published shortly.
The appeal hearing in the case of Radovan Karadžić before the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) will take place on Monday, 23 April 2018, and Tuesday, 24 April 2018, in Courtroom I at the Mechanism’s premises in The Hague, in accordance with the scheduling order issued by the Mechanism’s Appeals Chamber.
The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, composed of Judge Theodor Meron, presiding, Judge Lee G. Muthoga, Judge Florence Rita Arrey, Judge Ben Emmerson, and Judge Ivo Nelson de Caires Batista Rosa delivered today its judgement on the appeal lodged by the Prosecution against the acquittal of Mr. Vojislav Šešelj.
