The International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (the Mechanism) is a United Nations organization tasked with carrying out the remaining work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY).
On 22 September 2019, The Mechanism will open its doors to the public.
Visiting the Mechanism will offer the opportunity to learn more about the history of landmark cases on genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, as well as the 1990s conflicts in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
The Mechanism has two branches: one in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania, and one in The Hague. At The Hague branch, the Mechanism is primarily concerned with tasks inherited from the ICTY. The ICTY was the first UN international criminal tribunal established to prosecute persons considered responsible for the most serious crimes that took place during the 1990s conflicts in the Balkans. Established in 1993, the ICTY irreversibly changed the landscape of international criminal and humanitarian law and has ushered in a new era where it is no longer a question that individuals who commit grave crimes should be held criminally responsible. The tribunal completed its mandate in December 2017, handing its remaining tasks to the Mechanism.
In carrying out its functions, including completing the remaining cases inherited from the two Tribunals, witness protection, preservation of archives and assistance to national jurisdictions, the Mechanism maintains the legacies of these two pioneering ad hoc international tribunals and strives to reflect best practices in the field of international criminal justice. Appeal proceedings in the ICTY-related case of Ratko Mladić, as well as a retrial in the case of Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović, among other judicial matters, are currently ongoing at the Mechanism’s Hague branch. Earlier this year, the Appeal Judgment was delivered in the case against Radovan Karadžić.
For more information, see the programme and registration details.
Program
Open from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
- Highlight session with a Mechanism Judge
- Courtroom tours
- Documentaries on the Tribunals’ landmark cases
- Presentations by senior UN officials with Q&A sessions
- Presentations by Defence Counsel with Q&A sessions
- Information sessions on IRMCT internships
- Exhibitions
Social Media
Address
International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)
Churchillplein 1
2517 JW The Hague
www.irmct.org