Statements and Speeches

This page contains links to recent statements and speeches given by the Tribunal’s Principals: the President, the Prosecutor and the Registrar.

The President

• 21.12.2017 President Agius's Welcoming Remarks at the ICTY Closing Ceremony (The Hague)
• 18.12.2017 President Agius's remarks at final ICTY Symposium (The Hague)
• 06.12.2017 President Agius's Address before the UN Security Council (New York)
• 04.12.2017 President Agius's Remarks at #ICTY24 Commemoration (New York)
• 18.10.2017 President Agius's Address before the United Nations General Assembly (New York)
• 24.09.2017 Welcome Remarks by ICTY President, Judge Carmel Agius at the last ICTY International Open Day (The Hague)
• 24.06.2017 President Agius's Closing Remarks at the ICTY Legacy Conference 2017 (Sarajevo)
• 22.06.2017 President Agius's Welcoming Remarks at the ICTY Legacy Conference 2017 (Sarajevo)
• 07.06.2017 President Agius delivers penultimate address to UN Security Council (New York)
• 09.11.2016 President Agius’s Address before the United Nations General Assembly (New York)
• 08.12.2016 President Agius’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 11.07.2016 President Agius pays tribute to victims of Srebrenica genocide (Srebrenica)
• 08.06.2016. President Agius’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 09.12.2015 President Agius’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 17.11.2015 Statement by President Carmel Agius (The Hague)
• 14.10.2015 Annual Report: President Meron’s address before the United Nations General Assembly (New York)
• 16.07.2015 Statement by President Meron on the occasion of International Justice Day (The Hague)
• 11.07.2015 Srebrenica Commemoration, President Meron's Address at the Potočari Memorial (Srebrenica)
• 03.06.2015 Completion Strategy Report: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 10.12.2014 Completion Strategy Report: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 14.10.2014 Annual Report: President Meron’s address before the United Nations General Assembly (New York)
• 05.06.2014 Completion Strategy Report: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 05.12.2013 Completion Strategy Report: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 27.11.2013 Keynote remarks of Judge Theodor Meron at the ICTY 20-year anniversary Conference in Sarajevo (Sarajevo)
• 01.07.2013 President Meron’s remarks on the Opening of the Hague Branch of the MICT (The Hague)
• 12.06.2013 Completion Strategy Report: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 27.05.2013 ICTY’s 20th Anniversary – Statement by President Judge Theodor Meron (The Hague)
• 05.12.2012 Completion Strategy Report: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 15.10.2012 Annual Report: President Meron’s address before the United Nations General Assembly (New York)
• 02.07.2012 President Meron’s remarks on Opening of the Arusha Branch of the MICT (Arusha)
• 13.06.2012 ICTY President expresses concern over the detention of ICC staff in Libya and urges release (The Hague)
• 07.06.2012 Completion Strategy: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 08.12.2011 Completion Strategy: President Meron’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 17.11.2011 Statement of the President of the Tribunal – Judge Theodor Meron (The Hague)
• 17.11.2011 Statement by President Theodor Meron in Honour of Judge Patrick Robinson (The Hague)

The Prosecutor

• 21.12.2017 Prosecutor Brammertz's Remarks at the ICTY Closing Ceremony (The Hague)
• 12.12.2017 Prosecutor Brammertz’s Remarks at briefing in Washington (Washington, D.C)
• 06.12.2017 Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the UN Security Council (New York)
• 04.12.2017 Prosecutor Brammertz's Remarks at #ICTY24 Commemoration (New York)
• 22.06.2017 Prosecutor Brammertz's Welcoming Remarks at the ICTY Legacy Conference 2017 (Sarajevo)
• 07.06.2017 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 08.06.2016 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 11.07.2015 Srebrenica Commemoration, Address of Prosecutor Brammertz at the Potočari Memorial (Srebrenica)
• 01.07.2015 Statement by Prosecutor Brammertz at UN Headquarters event: Srebrenica: Remembering and Honoring the Victims of Genocide (New York)
• 11.06.2015 Statement by Prosecutor Brammertz at the Sarajevo conference: Prosecuting Genocide: the ICTY and the Future of International Criminal Justice (Sarajevo)
• 03.06.2015 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 10.12.2014 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 05.06.2014 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 05.12.2013 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s Address before the Security Council (New York)
• 01.07.2013 Address on the Occasion of the Opening of the MICT Hague Branch (The Hague)
• 24.06.2013 Statement of the ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz (The Hague)
• 12.06.2013 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s address before the Security Council (New York)
• 27.05.2013  ICTY’s 20th Anniversary - Address of Prosecutor Serge Brammertz (The Hague)
• 05.12.2012 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s address before the Security Council (New York)
• 21.11.2012 Statement of the ICTY Prosecutor Serge Brammertz in Relation to the Gotovina and Markač Appeal Judgement (The Hague)
• 07.06.2012 Completion Strategy Report: Prosecutor Brammertz’s address before the Security Council (New York)
• 21.01.2012 Statement of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia on the arrest of Radovan Stanković (The Hague)
• 07.12.2011 Completion Strategy: Prosecutor Brammertz's Address to the UN Security Council (New York)
• 01.11.2011 ICTY Prosecutor and OSCE say the justice system of Bosnia and Herzegovina is capable of efficiently processing war crimes cases (The Hague)
• 22.07.2011 Statement of the Office of the Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on the transfer of Goran Hadžić (The Hague)
• 26.05.2011 Statement of the Office of the Prosecutor on the arrest of Ratko Mladić (The Hague)
• 06.06.2011 Completion Strategy: Address of the Prosecutor to the Security Council (New York)
• 01.06.2011 Statement of the Prosecutor on the transfer of Ratko Mladić
• 06.12.2010 Completion Strategy: Prosecutor Brammertz's Address to the UN Security Council on the Completion Strategy (New York)
• 18.06.2010 Address to the UN Security Council (New York)
• 13.05.2010 Statement of The Office Of The Prosecutor: proposed amended indictment against Ratko Mladić (The Hague)
• 03.12.2009 Completion Strategy: address to the UN Security Council (New York)
• 19.11.2009 ICTY Diplomatic Seminar, Address (The Hague) (La Haye)
• 04.06.2008 Completion Strategy: address to the UN Security Council (New York)
• 28.05.2009 ICTY Diplomatic Seminar, Address (The Hague)
• 12.12.2008 Completion Strategy: address to the UN Security Council (New York)
• 30.07.2008 Statement on the transfer of Radovan Karadžić (The Hague)
• 21.07.2008 Statement on the arrest of Radovan Karadžić (The Hague)
• 12.06.2008 Statement on Župljanin Arrest (The Hague)
• 10.06.2008 ICTY Diplomatic Seminar, Address (The Hague)
• 04.06.2008 Completion Strategy: address to the UN Security Council (New York)
• 24.01.2008 Diplomatic Seminar, Address (The Hague)
• 16.01.2008 Statement of Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor of the ICTY (The Hague)

The Registrar

• 21.12.2017 Registrar Hocking's Remarks at the ICTY Closing Ceremony (The Hague) [Video]
• 05.12.2017 Registrar John Hocking’s Remarks at #ICTY24 Commemoration (New York)
• 29.09.2017 Registrar John Hocking’s Acceptance Speech for the 2017 Hieronymus Prize (Erfurt)
• 22.06.2017 Opening Remarks by Registrar John Hocking at the Legacy Conference 2017 (Sarajevo)
• 08.03.2017 Opening Remarks of Registrar Hocking on International Women's Day (The Hague) [Video]
• 25.11.2016 Registrar Hocking’s remarks at the Opening Ceremony of the new premises of the Arusha branch of the Mechanism (The Hague)
• 06.09.2016 Registrar Hocking’s keynote address at the 2016 International Council of Archives Congress (Seoul) | [Video]
• 24.05.2016 Registrar Hocking’s remarks at the Diplomatic Briefing at the Hague branch of the Mechanism
• 25.02.2016 Remarks of Registrar John Hocking at the ICTY Diplomatic Briefing (The Hague)
• 29.09.2015 Registrar Hocking’s Closing Address at the Annual Conference of the International Council on Archives (Reykjavik)
• 01.07.2015 Registrar Hocking’s remarks at the Cornerstone Ceremony of the new premises of the Arusha branch of the Mechanism (Arusha)
• 10.10.2013 Registrar Hocking’s briefing to the UN Fifth Committee of the General Assembly
• 01.07.2013 Remarks of Registrar John Hocking on the Opening of the Hague Branch of the MICT (The Hague)
• 31.05.2013 ICTY's 20th Anniversary - Statement of Registrar John Hocking to the Staff Union (The Hague)
• 27.05.2013 ICTY’s 20th Anniversary - Remarks of Registrar John Hocking (The Hague)
• 02.07.2012 Remarks of John Hocking on the Opening of the Arusha Branch of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals  (Arusha) | [Video]
• 22.07.2011 Statement of ICTY Registrar John Hocking on the transfer of Goran Hadžić (The Hague)
• 27.06.2011 Statement of Registrar Hocking at the International Forum on Transitional Justice in post-Yugoslav Societies (Sarajevo)
• 01.06.2011 Statement of the Registrar on the transfer of Ratko Mladić
• 14.04.2010 Address to the Meeting of Registrars of Final/Appellate, Regional and International Courts: Legal Aid and Defence Support at the ICTY (Ottawa)
• 19.11.2009 ICTY Diplomatic Seminar, Address by Registrar Hocking (The Hague)
• 04.09.2009 50th Annual Meeting Hague Club, Speech: ICTY, a contribution to overcoming the conflict? Response to Wolfgang Petritsch (The Hague)
• 01.09.2009 BIRN Regional Conference, Speech: “Transparency of Courts and Responsibility of the Media” (Sarajevo)
• 09.06.2009 Launch of the ICTY Manual on Developed Practices, Remarks (New York)
• 28.05.2009 ICTY Diplomatic Seminar, Address (The Hague)
• 14.05.2009 Regional Workshop on Developed Practices and Lessons Learned in Knowledge-Transfer Methodology on Processing War Crimes. Address: "ICTY’s contribution to capacity building of national judiciaries" (Sarajevo)