The Principals of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism or MICT) today held a briefing for the diplomatic corps accredited to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, was awarded the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland at a ceremony held today at the Polish embassy in The Hague.

ICTY and MICT Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will be in Sarajevo on 15 and 16 May 2017, as part of preparations for his regular biannual reports to the UN Security Council (UNSC).

The Prosecutor will meet with Acting Chief Prosecutor Gordana Tadić, and will join Prosecutor Tadić in meeting with representatives of victims’ organizations to discuss war crimes justice in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Prosecutor will also meet with TRIAL International to discuss compensation for victims of war crimes. Finally, the Prosecutor will brief members of the diplomatic community.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) hosted an inaugural two-day high-level Colloquium for National, Regional and International Judges at its premises at Lakilaki, Arusha, on Friday, 5 May and Saturday, 6 May 2017.

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, met with a delegation of the American Bar Association (ABA) at the Mechanism’s Hague branch. The delegation, comprising over 75 judges, lawyers and other legal professionals, visited the MICT as part of a programme, organized by the Judicial Division of the ABA, focused on international law and international legal institutions in The Hague.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism), on Thursday, 13 April 2017, received a delegation of 70 students from the Faculty of Law of Arusha-based Tumaini University Makumira at the premises of the Mechanism’s Arusha branch. The students, at varying stages of their law degrees, are also members of the University’s Law Society.

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, on Friday, 14 April 2017, delivered remarks at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Society for International Law (ASIL) in Washington, DC, United States of America.

As people around the world pause today to remember and commemorate the 23rd anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) expresses its sorrow and sympathy for the victims, survivors and the Rwandan people.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) today participated in the commemoration of the 23rd anniversary of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The commemoration took place at the headquarters of the East African Community (EAC) in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT or Mechanism) on Wednesday, 29 March 2017, received a high-level delegation from South Africa, including members of Parliament and representatives of organizations with a special interest in justice issues, at the Mechanism’s Hague branch. The visit was part of a broader programme organized by the Friedrich Naumann Foundation to discuss the role and challenges of the International Criminal Court.