MICT and ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Sarajevo from 6 to 8 November, as part of preparations for his regular biannual reports to the UN Security Council (UNSC), due to be presented in December.

The Prosecutor will meet with the members of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Acting Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić as well as the representatives of victims’ organizations. Additionally, he will meet with members of the diplomatic community.

MICT and ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Belgrade on 1 and 2 November, as part of preparations for his regular biannual reports to the UN Security Council (UNSC), due to be presented in December.

The Prosecutor will meet with President of Serbia Aleksandar Vučić and Serbian War Crimes Prosecutor Snežana Stanojković. Additionally, he will meet with members of the diplomatic community.

To mark the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism or MICT) today released a video entitled “Preserving History as it Happens: An Introduction to the Audiovisual Archives of the International Criminal Tribunals” in French, Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian and Kinyarwanda.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) yesterday marked United Nations (UN) Day at its Arusha branch by welcoming to its premises students from all the international schools in and around Arusha to raise awareness of its work and the mission of the United Nations.

President Theodor Meron yesterday presented the fifth Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) to the United Nations General Assembly, highlighting the important developments in the Mechanism’s work over the past 12 months.

Mechanism and ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Zagreb and Pula from 12 to 14 October. 

As part of the preparations for his regular biyearly reports to the UN Security Council (UNSC), the Prosecutor will meet in Zagreb with Minister of Justice Dražen Bošnjaković and State Attorney General Dinko Cvitan to discuss cooperation with the ICTY and MICT, prosecutions of war crimes by the Croatian judiciary and regional cooperation in war crimes justice in the Western Balkans. It is expected that the Prosecutor will present his reports to the UNSC in December.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) today launched an online exhibition that provides insight into the suffering of children during the Rwandan genocide in 1994 and the conflicts in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s.

Over 900 visitors were welcomed yesterday by the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism or MICT) and the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as part of the tenth International Open Day, organized by the Municipality of The Hague.

The President of the Mechanism, Judge Theodor Meron, provided an overview of the Mechanism’s mandate and important innovations in the organization’s structure and practices during his opening remarks.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will open their doors to the public on Sunday, 24 September 2017, as part of The Hague International Open Day. The event will take place from 11:00 to 17:00 at their shared premises, at Churchillplein 1 in The Hague.

On 29 August 2017, the current and former chief prosecutors of international criminal tribunals issued their 10th annual Chautauqua Declaration. The Declaration canvases current issues in international criminal justice and calls upon members of the international community to take concrete steps to keep the spirit of the Nuremberg Principles alive.