Today, Judge Theodor Meron, President of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), delivered remarks at the inauguration ceremony of the African Institute of International Law held in Arusha, Tanzania.

The event was attended by a number of dignitaries from national and international judicial and governmental bodies, UN representatives and members of the legal community and academia.

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) began today the handover of judicial records to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT).

The Appeals Chamber of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, composed of Judge Theodor Meron, presiding, Judge Bakone Justice Moloto, Judge Christoph Flügge, Judge Burton Hall, and Judge Liu Daqun, delivered today its judgement on the appeal lodged by Augustin Ngirabatware.

The Prosecutor of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Justice Hassan B. Jallow, today briefed members of the United Nations Security Council on the activities of the Mechanism-OTP and the ICTR-OTP over the last six months.

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

Today the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) celebrated the 20th anniversary of its establishment and presented its new legacy website in The Hague. The commemoration took place in the lobby of its sister tribunal, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, which shares its premises with the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT).

Media are invited to attend the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’s (ICTR) 20th anniversary celebration and launch of its new website to be held in The Hague on Friday, 5 December 2014. This event is part of a series of celebrations marking the establishment of the Tribunal by the United Nations Security Council on 8 November 1994.

The commemoration will take place from 10:00am until 12:00pm on 5 December in the lobby of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the ICTR’s sister tribunal.

On Saturday, 8 November, Mr. John Hocking, Assistant Secretary-General, Registrar of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) signed the certificate of occupancy for the new premises for the MICT’s Arusha branch, on behalf of the United Nations.

This certificate, required under Tanzanian law, grants the MICT a 99-year lease to the 6.5 hectares of land which will house the new MICT facility.

On Monday 3 November, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) held a public opening of bids for the construction of the new home for its Arusha branch. This timely tender opening marks a key advancement in this project. The submission of bids will be followed by the fair and transparent evaluation of the firms that will be competing for the construction of the new premises.

Following two days of intensive discussions and consultations among international and national prosecutors as well as representatives of regional courts, academic institutions and civil society organizations on the challenges and prospects of local prosecution of international crimes at the 7th Colloquium of International Prosecutors held in Arusha, Tanzania on 4-5 November 2014 as part of a series of events marking the 20th anniversary commemoration of the establishment of the ICTR, the Prosecutors and other participants adopted a Resolution emphasizing the importance of accountability for