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.
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.
Mechanism Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has concluded an official visit to Kigali from 30 September to 2 October 2025, as part of the continuing cooperation between the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) and Rwandan authorities regarding the investigation and prosecution of individuals alleged to have participated in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
The Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) has published the third volume of its Guide for History Teachers: How to Use Archival Material of the ICTY and Mechanism in Teaching the History of the 1990s Conflicts.
On 6 August 2025, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) held an online lecture on judicially-established facts relating to crimes committed in Kosovo during 1998 and 1999. The lecture was part of the Summer School for Transitional Justice, organized by the Humanitarian Law Centre Kosovo and held in Prizren. Participants included students of law, sociology and journalism, civil society activists, and young professionals of different ethnicities from several municipalities across Kosovo.
On 28 July 2025, a representative of the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) delivered presentations at the 19th International Summer School Sarajevo 2025. This year, the Summer School gathered 26 participants from 23 countries, including students and young professionals from across the former Yugoslavia.
On the occasion of the Day of International Criminal Justice, the Principals of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), President Graciela Gatti Santana, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and Registrar Abubacarr M. Tambadou, issued the following statement:
On 17 July, as we commemorate International Justice Day and the adoption of the Rome Statute, we are reminded of our shared responsibility to uphold international criminal justice and to ensure accountability for the most serious crimes of concern to the international community.
