The Tribunal’s Outreach programme today began the fourth round of its Youth Outreach Project with a lecture on “Guilty Pleas in the practice of the ICTY” presented to students of the Straniak Academy for Democracy and Human Rights Summer School in Ulcinj, Montenegro.
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16 July 2015
On International Justice Day, we mark the anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court: the world’s first permanent international criminal tribunal.
15 July 2015
Starting with the latest news from the courtrooms, in the case of Ratko Mladić, last week the Prosecution concluded the reopening of its case with the completion of the testimony of demographer Ewa Tabeau. In total, the Prosecution called 8 witnesses to testify about the...
11 July 2015
The Tribunal’s President, Judge Theodor Meron, delivered today remarks at the commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide, held at the Potočari Memorial in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and paid his respect to its victims and their families.
11 July 2015
Today, the Day of Commemoration of the Srebrenica Genocide was held in Potočari, Bosnia and Herzegovina. This year marked the 20th anniversary of the Srebrenica Genocide. At the invitation of survivors and victims, Prosecutor Serge Brammertz attended the commemoration to pay...
02 July 2015
A commemoration for Srebrenica entitled “Srebrenica: Remembering and honouring the victims of the genocide” was held at the United Nations in New York yesterday. The event was organised by 17 member states. At the invitation of H.E. Mirsada Čolaković, the Permanent...
24 June 2015
I’ll turn first to the trial of Ratko Mladić which resumed this Monday after a month-long recess, granted in order for the Defence to prepare for the re-opening of the Prosecution’s case. This re-opening relates to evidence from the mass grave discovered in Tomašica, near...
18 June 2015
Today, the ICTY launched a dedicated website ‘The Tribunal Remembers: The Srebrenica Genocide’ commemorating the 1995 genocide, four weeks ahead of its twentieth anniversary on 11 July 2015.
03 June 2015
The Tribunal’s President, Judge Theodor Meron, today updated the United Nations Security Council on the achievements of the ICTY over the past six months and the challenges the Tribunal has faced in the completion of its mandate.
03 June 2015
Today Prosecutor Serge Brammertz presented to the United Nations Security Council the Office of the Prosecutor’s (OTP) 23rd completion strategy report, covering the period from 16 November 2014 to 15 May 2015. He briefed the Council on the current status of trials and appeals...