Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), attended and gave a keynote speech at the international conference on the research process, documentation and prosecution of genocide in Bosnia and Herzegovina held in Sarajevo on 11 and 12 June 2015 and jointly organised by the Association of Victims and Witnesses of Genocide and the Mother’s Action of the Srebrenica Zepa Enclave.

Joining the worldwide events marking this year’s International Archives Day, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) has subscribed today to the UNESCO Universal Declaration on Archives (Declaration), becoming the first United Nations institution to sign this Declaration at the management level.

The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT / Mechanism) and International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Justice Hassan B. Jallow, today presented his latest bi-annual report on the work of the Mechanism and the ICTR to the United Nations Security Council.

Today, the President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), Judge Theodor Meron, updated the United Nations Security Council on the work and progress of the Mechanism in the past six months.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) joins in commemorating the 21st anniversary of the Rwandan genocide that took the lives of a reported one million men, women and children between April and July 1994.
 

The Arusha branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) joins the worldwide celebrations of the 2015 International Women’s Day (IWD) by launching its “Make Her Future Happen: Mentoring Programme for Arusha Girls”. The initiative translates this year’s IWD global theme, “Make it Happen”, into a commitment with the local community which will continue well beyond the 8th of March.

The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) and Jandu Plumbers Ltd. broke ground at Lakilaki today. The symbolic turning of the sod marked this week’s start of the scheduled 12-month works that will give a new home to the Mechanism in Arusha.

With the completion of the 96th transfer of records from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), the Mechanism Archives and Records Section (MARS) is now the custodian of over 1,000 linear metres of ICTR archives.

Linear metres describe the amount of shelf space required to store physical records, and are a standard unit used to measure the quantity of records managed by an archival institution.

The Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, and the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, H.E. Mr Karel J.G. van Oosterom, signed yesterday an agreement concerning the headquarters of The Hague branch of the United Nations Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) in the Netherlands.

Today, the United Nations signed a contract with Jandu Plumbers Ltd. for the construction of the new premises of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) in Arusha.