On 20 June 2024, the judiciary of the Republic of Rwanda (Rwanda) organized a collaborative, day long exchange with the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism). Hosted in Kigali, this dialogue was the result of the initiative of the Rwandan judiciary, which identified the most salient topics and arranged for around 30 of its Judges and judicial personnel to participate in the exchange alongside experienced judicial staff of the Mechanism.

MIP holds training for young researchers from Serbia

19 June 2024, Belgrade, Serbia

On 19 June 2024, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) held a lecture and workshop for a group of young researchers working on the project "Serbia in War." The training for the researchers and the subsequent research was organised by the Youth Initiative for Human Rights, Serbia (YIHR).

On 14 June 2024, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in the Summer School entitled “Wars of the 1990s”. The Summer School was held over five days in Divčibare, Serbia, and gathered 20 historians and social scientists. The school is organised by the Association of Citizens for Democracy and Civil Education, Civic Initiatives, and is part of a wider project supported by the United Nations Development Programme. 

On 13 June 2024, the Archives and Records Section of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MARS/IRMCT) delivered an interactive online training session for approximately 20 legal practitioners from the Certa Foundation from Rwanda. The session focused on navigating and accessing the extensive archives of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the IRMCT using the Unified Court Records Database (UCR).

Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), today addressed the United Nations Security Council about the work of the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP).

Prosecutor Brammertz began by informing the Council that the OTP has concluded its important mandate to account for all fugitives indicted by the ICTR.

The President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, today presented the Mechanism’s twenty-fourth progress report, as well as its fifth review report, to the United Nations Security Council (Council) in New York.

On 31 May 2024, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) welcomed students and professors from the Sarajevo Law Faculty, alumni of MIP’s Inter-University Video Lecture Programme.

On 30 and 31 May 2024, the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) participated in a two-day international conference held in Prijedor and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

On 30 and 31 May 2024, the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, participated in a two-day international conference held in Prijedor and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

On 30 May 2024, the representatives of the Mechanism Information Programme for Affected Communities (MIP) and the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) spoke at the opening ceremony of the exhibition titled "Dubrovnik Siege through the ICTY’s Judgements," held in Podgorica, Montenegro.