Zdravko Tolimir passed away last night in the UN Detention Unit (UNDU) in Scheveningen. The Medical Officer was called immediately and the Dutch authorities have commenced standard investigations as mandated under Dutch national law.

On 22 December, the United Nations Security Council adopted Resolution 2256 (2015) noting inter alia the completion of its first review of the progress of the work of the Mechanism.

The initial appearance of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović was held today at The Hague branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT). Both accused entered a plea of not guilty before Pre-Trial Judge Burton Hall. This is the first retrial to be held before the Mechanism since its establishment.

The initial appearance of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović is scheduled to be held tomorrow, Friday, 18 December 2015 at 14:30 in courtroom I, before Judge Hall.

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.