The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (“Mechanism”), Judge Theodor Meron, today filed the report of the internal inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Zdravko Tolimir in the United Nations Detention Unit on 8 February 2016.  The inquiry was ordered on 9 February 2016, and was undertaken by Judge Vagn Joensen, a Judge of the Mechanism and the former President of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today delivered remarks on the role of international and national courts in prosecuting crimes under international humanitarian law at the Expert Seminar on Respect for International Humanitarian Law – the Role of Magistrates in French-speaking African countries, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

The Agreement between the United Nations and the Kingdom of the Netherlands concerning the Headquarters of the Mechanism entered into force today.
 
The Headquarters Agreement regulates all matters relating to the establishment and proper functioning of the Mechanism in the Netherlands and provides a basis for cooperation between the Mechanism and its Host State, including in the areas of privileges and immunities, provision of facilities and services, and detention matters.
 

The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Serge Brammertz, paid a courtesy call on the President of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Justice Augustino S. L. Ramadhani on 24 August.

Prosecutor Brammertz and President Ramadhani discussed a range of topical issues of common interest including possibilities for cooperation between the African Court and the MICT Office of the Prosecutor.

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today met with Justice Augustino S. L. Ramandhani, President of the African Court on Human and People’s Rights, and Justice Dr. Emanuel Ugirashebuja, President of the East Africa Court of Justice, along with the Judges of its Appellate Division. Both meetings took place in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, where all three of these judicial institutions have headquarters.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) on Friday issued an Access Policy for Records held by the MICT (Access Policy), which constitutes the foundation of the organisation’s information security and access regime.

On 23 July 2016, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz and the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) were recognized with the 2016 Mostar Peace Connection award by the Center for Peace and Multi-ethnic Cooperation Mostar. Prosecutor Brammertz accepted the award on behalf of OTP staff, past and present, during a ceremony in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, expressed his congratulations to the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the occasion of the Day of International Criminal Justice.

As part of the commemoration of the 21st anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, paid his respects to the victims and delivered remarks at the Potočari memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Mr Serge Brammertz, presented today the Office of the Prosecutor’s (OTP) 8th progress report to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), covering the period from 16 November 2015 to 15 May 2016. The Prosecutor updated the UNSC on MICT trials and appeals, ICTR cases referred to national courts and efforts to locate and arrest the remaining eight ICTR fugitives.