he Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Justice Hassan B. Jallow, today, presented his latest six-monthly report on the activities of the Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism and the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR to the United Nations Security Council. This report was also the last report to the Security Council in respect of the ICTR with its imminent closure on 31 December 2015.

President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, today presented the latest progress report on the work of the Mechanism to the United Nations Security Council.
 

Les autorités de la République démocratique du Congo (la « RDC ») ont arrêté aujourd’hui l’un des neuf fugitifs mis en accusation par le Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda (le « TPIR »), Ladislas Ntaganzwa, ancien bourgmestre de la commune de Nyakizu, dans la préfecture de Butare.

Today the Mechanism has launched a new online research tool, the Judicial Records and Archives Database (JRAD), which is aimed at enhancing access to the public judicial records of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Mechanism.

As part of the events marking the closing of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Theodor Meron, delivered remarks at the ICTR Staff Association Dinner and the Prosecutor’s Roundtable which took place this week in Arusha, Tanzania.

As part of activities marking the official Closing Ceremony of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Arusha, Tanzania, the Prosecutor of the ICTR and the Mechanism, Justice Hassan B. Jallow, on 2 December 2015, hosted a High-Level Roundtable Discussion on the promotion of accountability for international crimes at the national level.

Staff members of the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) have concluded the 3rd annual Joint Branch meeting held in Arusha on 26 and 27 November 2015.  At the opening of the meeting, Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism, underscored the importance of the annual Joint Branch meetings to the successful execution of the mandate of the Mechanism OTP.

Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), delivered a keynote speech yesterday on the topic “Towards a Multilateral Treaty for Mutual Legal Assistance and Extradition for Domestic Prosecution of Atrocity Crimes”. The keynote speech was delivered at a side event organized by Argentina, Belgium, The Netherlands and Slovenia during the Fourteenth Session of the Assembly of States Parties of the International Criminal Court (ICC), held in The Hague from 18 to 26 November 2015.

This week, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) will join the UN in celebrating 70 years since the entry into force of the UN Charter on 24 October 1945. As members of the UN system, the ICTY and the Mechanism have been at the forefront of the UN’s efforts in support of international justice and accountability for violations of international law.

President Theodor Meron today presented the third Annual Report of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) to the UN General Assembly, highlighting the Mechanism’s achievements of the past year as well as its on-going challenges.