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Jallow

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first: 1996-01-24
most recent: 2015-12-09
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“Finally, I would like to place on record my appreciation to the Security Council and to the Secretary-General for having given me the opportunity to serve as Prosecutor of the ICTR, and in that way, to take leadership of the investigation and prosecution process at the peak of the Tribunal's workload, during the implementation of the completion strategy, and through the transition phase as we establish the Residual Mechanism. I am indeed immensely grateful to everyone for that honour.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“Member States need to give maximum cooperation to the Mechanism to secure the arrest and trial of the remaining eight fugitives. Hundreds of other suspected genocia'aires must be tried in their countries of refuge or be extradited to Rwanda for trial. The acquitted and released persons currently under the Mechanism in Arusha need to be relocated to where they can resume their lives. The closure of the ICTR, the first ad hoc tribunal of its kind to complete its work, is a momentous event. But it is merely the end of a chapter. The global struggle for justice and accountability must continue and must be intensified, building on the legacies of the ICTR, the ICTY and, indeed, of the hybrid tribunals.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“I pay particular tribute to my predecessors, Prosecutors Richard Goldstone, Louise Arbor and Carla del Ponte, each of whom made a lasting and valuable contribution to the work of the Office of the Prosecutor and of the Tribunal; President Vagn J oensen, Registrar Majola and their predecessors; and also, of course, our colleagues for the defence, who are an indispensable element of any fair judicial process. For in the end, the legacy ofajudicial process is perhaps determined more by its fairness than by its jurisprudence or statistics. Much has been accomplished in bringing justice to the victims and the survivors and in bringing accountability to the perpetrators of the genocide, but work still remains to be done. Current gaps in impunity need to be closed with proper accountability.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The Security Council, the Secretary-General, the Secretariat * particularly the Office of Legal Affairs and its leadership - and the other organs and States Members of the United Nations for their cooperation in tracking and arresting fugitives and in all the other aspects of our operations; the Government and people of Rwanda, whose support and cooperation have been critical in assisting our investigations, in accessing witnesses and other evidence and in the implementation of our strategy for referral of cases to national jurisdictions; the Government and people of Tanzania, who have been our gracious hosts for over two decades; the thousands of witnesses - for both the prosecution and the defence f who have had to travel to Arusha to testify and have recounted and relived their often traumatic experiences in order to provide the Court with the relevant evidence; the entire staff of the Tribunal, in the Chambers, the Registry and the Office of the Prosecutor, including the judges, who have all given the best of their time and skills with dedication and commitment.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The work of the ICTR, including its jurisprudence, practices and procedures, provides, I believe, some significant lessons, learned from the challenges that we faced in trying to respond to them, for national courts and international tribunals in carrying forward the task of the investigation and prosecution of international crimes. The documentation of such lessons and practices, which has already commenced in the closing years of the ICTR, should be continued by others for the benefit of future generations. A debt of gratitude is owed to the many whose support has been indispensable and critical to the execution of the ICTR mandate.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The case statistics are fully set out in the report (see S/2015/884) before the Council, as well as the overview of the execution of our mandate, and I need not repeat those details. Through those cases the Tribunal has established, in a fair and transparent judicial process, the account of what transpired in Rwanda in 1994. It has held to account those who committed serious violations of international humanitarian law. It has contributed significantly in the development of the jurisprudence and of good practices in the investigation and prosecution of international crimes.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The Uwinkindi case in Rwanda, following closing arguments in November, is now scheduled for judgement in December, whereas the Munyagishari case is scheduled for 7 January 2016 for commencement of trial. Permit me to now turn to the ICTR. Just over a week ago, on 1 December, the ICTR held its official closing ceremony in Arusha to mark the conclusion - save for the judgement in the Butare case - of its work and mandate. We are expecting the judgement in the Butare case to be delivered on 14 December. It has been a long and challenging journey for all involved in ensuring accountability for the crimes committed in Rwanda in 1994 and in bringingjustice to the community subjected to one of the most horrendous humanitarian tragedies of modern times.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The Hague branch continues to work with the ICTY Office of the Prosecutor to prepare for a gradual handover of the ICTY records to the Mechanism in tandem with the completion programme of the ICTY. The Mechanism is also monitoring the cases transferred by the ICTR to Rwanda and France. The investigation phase of the Munyeshyaka case in France has now been concluded and, following the dismissal of the case by the juge d'instruction, as recommended by the French Prosecutor on 5 October, the case is now on appeal in France. The Bucyibaruta case, also before an investigating judge in France, is expected - I am advised - to be completed by the first quarter of 2016 with trial, if any, anticipated to commence by the end of 2016, in which case a final decision is not likely before mid-2017.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“The Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor has also now taken over the bulk of investigation and prosecution records and material from the ICTR Office of the Prosecutor. The remaining items are scheduled to be transferred after the delivery of the Butare judgement on 14 December and will complete the transfer of all ICTR Office of the Prosecutor records to the Arusha branch of the Mechanism. The ICTR evidence collection database, the shared network drives and equipment, as well as the vault containing the physical evidence of the ICTR Office of the Prosecutor have now been fully transferred to and are managed by the Office of the Prosecutor of the Arusha branch.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“Assistance to national jurisdictions continues to be an important part of the work of the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor. In the past six months, we have handled some 135 requests for assistance from eight Member States and international organizations, bringing the total of requests over the past 12 months to 343. That represents a significant workload, which, I am pleased to report, the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor continues to manage efficiently, through the multitasking of staff, as well as other measures. In that regard, I have promulgated several guidelines and protocols in order to streamline procedures regarding the provision of assistance to national jurisdictions.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“In the past six months alone since June, both the Arusha branch and The Hague branch have been engaged in litigation in 23 cases. As the Tribunals have downsized, the staff of the Mechanism have increasingly been called upon to multi-task in order to maximize the use of the resources of the Prosecutor's Office, provide for greater flexibility, and fulfil the mandate of the Mechanism in respect of both its core and ad hoc functions. We have also adopted other strategies to maximize efficiency, including by delaying recruitments in order to adapt to changes in the ICTY trial schedule. With the staff now in place in The Hague - 10 continuous posts and 26 ad hoc staff members - intense preparations are already under way for possible appeals in the cases of Vojislav Seselj, Radovan KaradZic' and Goran Hadzic' in the months ahead.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“We wish to thank the authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and several other countries for their cooperation in this particular operation, and at the same time urge the Democratic Republic ofthe Congo to make the necessary arrangements to ensure the transfer of the accused to Rwanda for trial without delay, in accordance with the order of the referral chamber of the ICTR. The Council is requested to urge all States to cooperate fully in the arrest and transfer of the remaining eight fugitives. That is absolutely essential to supplement our internal measures in tracking ifthese are to yield dividends. With regard to judicial activities, there has recently been a significant increase in motion practice in the Mechanism.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“We are deploying considerable efforts to secure their arrest and trial before the Mechanism or in Rwanda, as appropriate. In this respect, I am pleased to inform the Council that Ladislas Ntaganzwa, one of the six indictees whose cases have been referred by the ICTR to Rwanda for trial, has been arrested in the past 24 hours and is currently in the custody of the Democratic Republic of the Congo police. Ntagazwa, the former mayor of Nyakizu commune in Butare, was indicted on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in respect of the killings of thousands of Tutsi in the parish of Cyahinda in Butare, of having ordered the rape of several women, and of inciting the killings of Tutsi.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“Mr. Jallow: I am pleased to present once more to the Security Council my six-monthly report (S/2015/883, annex II)) and assessment on the work of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals and for the last time in respect of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Permit me to begin with the Residual Mechanism. With the imminent closure of the ICTR, the Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism has taken over the functions of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR and continues to do so gradually in respect of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Activities have been intensified on tracking the three fugitives earmarked for trial by the Mechanism.”
2015-12-09 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7574 (2015) · source
“Their unflinching commitment to the cause of international criminal justice has also enabled the Mechanism to take off and begin to execute its functions effectively in a very short period.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“The Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism continues to provide assistance to national authorities and international organizations in the investigation and prosecution of crimes committed in Rwanda and in the States of the former Yugoslavia. In the past six months, the Office has serviced a total of 208 requests for assistance from 10 countries and international organizations. As countries increasingly take over the functions of investigating and prosecuting those crimes, we anticipate an increase in the number of such requests for assistance from States and institutes. I wish to thank the members of the Council, the Member States, the Secretary-General and the United Nations Secretariat for their very strong support to the ICTR over the years, which has enabled the Tribunal to now reach this momentous stage in its mandate.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“We will continue our policy of active engagement with the countries in the former Yugoslavia in order to strengthen the close collaboration with them that has so far yielded good results in the arrest and prosecution of persons responsible for crimes committed in those territories. I anticipate that the forthcoming international conference scheduled for Sarajevo and the Brijuni meeting of regional prosecutors this month will both provide opportunities for further consultations with our regional partners on the intensification of cooperation with and assistance to the national jurisdictions ofthe former Yugoslavia in their efforts to ensure accountability for the serious crimes committed in that region during the conflict.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“Meanwhile, the core staff, with assistance from appeal staff of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR, continues to deal with post-appeal review litigation arising from requests filed by persons convicted by the ICTR. The Office also continues to make preparations, including the creation of rosters, for the speedy recruitment of staff to manage the trials of the three Mechanism fugitives for the Arusha branch, and the possible appeals in the Seselj, Karadzu': and Hadzie cases, which are anticipated during the next 12 months. As a matter of fact, recruitment has already commenced in order to manage those three possible appeals.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“I must stress however, that those internal measures need to be supported by the full cooperation of all States, particularly those where indictees are suspected to reside, if the tracking efforts are to be successful. With regard to judicial activities, judgment in the Ngirabatware appeal case, the only Arusha branch appeal case, was delivered on 18 December 2014, with his convictions for genocide affirmed by the Appeals Chamber. Following the delivery of that judgement, the staff members of the ad hoc appeals teams handling that case have now been separated from the Mechanism in accordance with the policy to keep the staff size of the Mechanism at a low level.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“The Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor continues to intensify its efforts in tracking the three top fugitives earmarked for trial by the Mechanism. We remain fully committed to their arrest and trial. We continue to work closely with our partners in the Government of Rwanda, particularly the National Public Prosecution Authority, with INTERPOL and with and the United States War Crimes Rewards Program under the State Department's Office for Global Criminal Justice. The Investigations Section of the Office of the Prosecutor has been strengthened with new and additional staff, fresh initiatives have been taken and new working methods have been put in place to locate the fugitives and bring them to justice.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“We believe that the ICTR experience carries useful lessons for the implementation of the principle of complementarity, the bedrock of international criminal justice. Turning now to the Mechanism, I wish to report that the Office of The Prosecutor continues to take over functions from the Offices of the Prosecutors of the ICTR and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), as mandated by the Mechanism Statute. A few months ago, in April, during the period of remembrance of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, I visited Rwanda and met with various Rwandan Government officials to discuss various issues of mutual interest, particularly in respect to tracking fugitives and management of the cases referred by the ICTR to Rwanda for trial.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“Notwithstanding those contraries, we shall continue to work towards concluding the remaining archiving work of the Office of the Prosecutor by the end of 2015. The completion of legacy and best practices projects, including the writing of the genocide narrative based on facts judicially established by the Tribunal, remains on course for conclusion by the end of the year. In January 2015, the Office of the Prosecutor completed and published in the ICTR and Mechanism websites its report on the Tribunal's experience in the referral of cases to national jurisdictions, highlighting the challenges of empowering national jurisdictions to discharge their primary responsibility to investigate and prosecute international crimes, as well as ways to address some of those challenges.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“The Office of the Prosecutor continues to focus on and make progress in other areas such as archiving, disclosures and legacy projects. In the past six months since November 2014, some 1,100 boxes of material linked to active cases, particularly related to the three Mechanism fugitives, Felicien Kabuga, Protais Mpiranya and Augustin Bizimana, have been cleaned, processed, classified and transferred to the Office of the Prosecutor of the Mechanism. A significant amount of material in closed cases has already been handed over to the Mechanism Registry and that process will continue to the end of 2015. However, staff separation and attrition continue to hamper efforts towards timely completion of the remaining archival work of the Office of the Prosecutor, and current staff have been consistently urged to double their efforts.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“Accordingly, a sizeable number of appeal staff, including some members of the Butare appeal team, among them secretarial, language and administrative staff who worked tirelessly over the years in the appeals division of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR, were separated from the Tribunal in May 2015 following the conclusion of the oral hearing in the Butare case. A small number of staff has been retained in the Appeals Division in order to complete outstanding pre- and post- appeal proceedings in the Butare case, as well as other ongoing closure- and legacy-related activities. The Council will recall that earlier on, with the conclusion of trials and the establishment of the Mechanism's Arusha branch, the Investigations and Trial Divisions of the Office of the Prosecutor had been abolished.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“We expect that the Security Council's request that all cases pending at the ICTR be completed by end of 2015 will be fulfilled by delivery of the final judgement in the Butare case before the end of 2015. In that regard, I would like to thank all the staff of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR, and indeed of the whole Tribunal, who have for several years devoted their time, talent and energies to the execution of the ICTR mandate and generally to the cause of international justice.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“Mr. Jallow: I feel greatly honoured to once more present a progress report on the work of the Office of the Prosecutor of both the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, this time covering the six months since December 2014. The ICTR has now reached a milestone in the march to completion and closure. In 2015, the Office of the Prosecutor presented its oral arguments in the case of the Prosecutor vs Nyiramasuhako and five others, otherwise known as the Butare case. This is the last appeal and the last case of the ICTR. The oral hearing that took place in April is therefore significant in bringing to a close a very important chapter in the life of the Tribunal and the mandate of the Office of the Prosecutor.”
2015-06-03 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7455 (2015) · source
“During the period under review, my Office in the Mechanism serviced a total of 178 requests for assistance - a very considerable increase in the workload of the Office - from 13 countries and international organizations, and made 17 submissions before the Chamber in relation to variation of witness protective measures for the purpose of national proceedings. I also continue to receive regular reports from the monitors of the cases transferred to Rwanda and France, which continue to be managed satisfactorily in the respective national jurisdictions. Finally, I wish to thank the members of the Council, the Secretary-General and the Secretariat for their constant support to the ICTR throughout its 20 years of existence. They have done a great deal to bring justice, peace and reconciliation to the people of Rwanda.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“I congratulate the Chief Prosecutor of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the War Crimes Prosecutor of Serbia for their recent successful joint operation that resulted in the arrest of 14 persons for war crimes based partly on information provided by the Mechanism Office of the Prosecutor. I urge the international community to continue to strongly support the efforts of the prosecutors. The Mechanism continues to attend to its other responsibilities, such as the servicing of requests for assistance, the archiving of evidence and records, the monitoring of the cases transferred to national jurisdictions, the promulgation of policies and guidelines for the effective and efficient discharge of our mandate, and the transition of functions to the Mechanism.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“My Office will continue to be actively engaged with the countries in the former Yugoslavia to assist them to meet the international community's expectations to prosecute the numerous persons at all levels who are responsible for the crimes committed in those territories. Last week, I participated in a meeting of prosecutors from the three countries at Palic', Serbia, hosted by the War Crimes Prosecutor of Serbia, which aimed at finding ways of intensifying regional cooperation among their offices and other parties. I am greatly encouraged by the level of cooperation among the region's prosecutors.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“In September of this year, I visited Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, where I held meetings with senior State officials, representatives of international organizations, diplomats and prosecutors to discuss the transition of functions from the ICTY to the Mechanism, as well as cooperation between the States concerned and the Mechanism. In that regard, I signed memorandums of understanding with the War Crimes Prosecutor and the ChiefProsecutors in all three States setting out the framework for continued mutual assistance and cooperation with them. I concluded my visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina by paying my respects to Bosnian Muslim, Croat and Serb victims of the war at three memorial sites.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“In that regard, we very much welcome the recent statement of support by the Council on the occasion of the ICTR's twentieth anniversary commemoration calling on all States to cooperate in the arrest of the fugitives. The hearing in the Ngirabatware case, as the President indicated, has been concluded and we expect the judgement in the course of this month. Due to delays in the rendering of the ICTY trial judgement in the Vojislav Ses'elj case, further recruitment for that particular trial team has been put on hold in the Office of the Prosecutor at The Hague branch. But we will commence next year to fill ad hoc posts to handle potential appeals in the case of Radovan Karadzie, and possibly that of Goran Hadzic'.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“A vigorous diplomatic and outreach initiative is also being pursued by the Mechanism, in collaboration with INTERPOL, the Rwandan National Public Prosecution Authority and the United States War Crimes Rewards Program under the State Department's Office for Global Criminal Justice. In July, together with those other organizations, we launched in Kigali a renewed campaign to track those fugitives, with the aim of disseminating information about them, encouraging broader public reporting of their activities and movements, and offering incentives for their arrest. The arrest and trial of these fugitives remains the greatest challenge and utmost priority for the Mechanism and the global community alike.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“Turning now to the Mechanism, I am pleased to report that it continues to take over functions from the Office of the Prosecutor ofboth the ICTR and the ICTY, as mandated by its statute, with a full complement of staff now at both the Arusha and The Hague branches. Recently, in addition to the Special Assistant to the Prosecutor, a P-4 investigator has also been recruited for the Kigali sub-office of the Arusha branch as part of the tracking team, in order to intensify efforts to track fugitives, including the three earmarked for trial by the Mechanism. Work on the case files of the three fugitives continues in order to ensure trial readiness in the event of an arrest.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The rest of the staff of the Office ofthe Prosecutor ofthe ICTR, representing some 46 per cent of the total office staff strength, have now been given notices of separation from the ICTR, effective 31 December. I take this opportunity to thank all the separating staff for their service to the Office of the Prosecutor, the ICTR and, indeed, the cause ofjustice and accountability. In the months ahead of closure, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR will focus on the Butare case, the archiving of the remaining records and the completion of its legacy and best practices projects, including the writing of the genocide narrative, documenting the experience in the referral of cases to national jurisdictions, and preparing the final report of the Office of the Prosecutor.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The judgement in the case of Karemera and Ngirumpatse, as in the Akayesu case, today stands as a major jurisprudential landmark in ensuring accountability for sexual and gender- based violence in situations of conflict. We seize the opportunity to commend both the Trial Chambers and the Appeals Chamber of the ICTR for reaching those important decisions. The Butare case, the only ICTR case still outstanding on appeal, with six accused, has now been rescheduled for hearing. Consequently, the ICTR Appeals Division has concluded a staff retention exercise and has now identified an appropriate level of staff to be retained beyond 31 December to see the Butare appeal through to its end. The retained staff will remain engaged in that case and will also continue to assist the Mechanism.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“As the President indicated, the Appeals Chamber delivered final judgements in several cases: the Bizimungu case, concerning the former Chief of Staff of the Rwandan Army; the Karernera and Ngirumpatse case, concerning the former President and Vice-President respectively of the ruling political party in Rwanda at the time, the National Revolutionary Movement for Development; the Nzabonimana case, concerning a former Minister of Youth; and the Nizeyimana case,concerning a former captain in the Rwandan Army. Their convictions for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity - including mass rape -, were affirmed on appeal.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The resolution also outlines the role that States, individually and collectively, as well as the international community as a whole, can play to give concrete effect to the primary responsibility of States. Regarding the work of the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTR, I am happy to report that much of the workload has been concluded in the past six months.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The international community must therefore continue to play a leading role in ensuring that national jurisdictions have the requisite human and material resources to engage in those challenging tasks, and that States and international organizations support national efforts in the acquisition of the skills, training and expertise and the creation of the legal and political framework necessary to enable local jurisdictions to discharge their responsibility. The prosecutors and other participants at the Colloquium unanimously adopted a resolution emphasizing the importance of accountability for international crimes to enhancing justice, peace, security and the well-being of the world.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“While my Office continues to engage national authorities, particularly in East Africa and the wider Great Lakes region, in the sharing of good practices and lessons learned in a variety of areas, we have to contend with the challenges of limited resources and manpower as the ICTR, on the one hand, continues to downsize and, on the other, in the face of the much smaller resource base of the Mechanism of the Office of the Prosecutor.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“That is a welcome development, as progress in the struggle against impunity requires a very strong partnership between international and local justice mechanisms. At the same time, we need to be conscious of the magnitude of the challenges that task represents for local jurisdictions. The experience of the ICTR Office of the Prosecutor in working closely with Rwanda to create the necessary enabling environment for the eventually successful transfer of cases to Rwanda for trial illustrates both the challenges that countries face as they pick up the baton in this fight, and possible solutions that national jurisdiction can adopt.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“It was part of the efforts of the international prosecutors to share lessons and good practices of the past two decades with national prosecutors and to create a forum for consultation between prosecutors dealing with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes at the national level. The theme of the Colloquium recognized the transition from primacy to the principle of complementarity. A point also underscored by the representative of the Secretary-General at the commemoration event, the Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel, Mr. Miguel de Serpa Soares, in his closing statement at the Colloquium. We detect today an increased willingness of local jurisdictions to prosecute international crimes.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“In that context, my Office hosted the 7th Colloquium Of International Prosecutors on 4 and 5 November, with the participation of the prosecutors from the various international and hybrid courts and tribunals and prosecutors from some 20 national jurisdictions, as well as representatives of regional courts, academic institutions and civil society organizations. With the imminent closure of the ad hoc tribunals, the theme of the Colloquium - "Local Prosecution of International Crimes, Challenges and Prospects" - was not fortuitous; it was dictated by the transition before which international criminal justice stands today.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“Mr. Jallow: I would like to join President Meron and President Joensen in congratulating you, Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the Security Council and to wish you all the best in that respect. I am also pleased to report once again to the Council on the work of the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals over the past six months. The current report (S/2014/546) follows on the heels of a series of events organized by the ICTR in commemoration of the twentieth anniversary of its establishment.”
2014-12-10 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.7332 (2014) · source
“The Mechanism is committed to supporting and supplementing Rwandan efforts at tracking the six fugitives whose cases have been transferred to their jurisdiction. The cooperation of all Member States is critical for the struggle and for ensuring accountability. In that regard, I wish to acknowledge the support received from the United States Government through its War Crimes Rewards Program over the years and its assurances conveyed yesterday by Mr. Stephen Rapp, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, that the Program will continue to support the tracking of the remaining fugitives. I would urge the Security Council to request all Member States once again to support the Residual Mechanism and Rwanda in the tracking and arrest of those fugitives and in ensuring their accountability in the appropriate jurisdiction.”
2013-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6977 (2013) · source
“Preliminary proceedings are in progress and subject to determination of applications made by the defence; subsequent trial proceedings are anticipated to be completed expeditiously. With the recent confirmation of the referral of Bernard Munyagishari to Rwanda for trial, I have now appointed a monitor to observe the proceedings in this case. While the transfer of cases to national jurisdictions has facilitated the early conclusion of the work of the ICTR, its work will really be done only when all the fugitives have been arrested and brought to justice, whether at the Mechanism or in national courts. In respect of both, three are under the mandate of the Mechanism and six continue to be under the mandate of Rwanda.”
2013-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6977 (2013) · source
“The Arusha branch has attended to 26 requests for assistance from seven Member States in the past six months in support of ongoing national investigations or prosecutions. Those figures are in keeping with the increasing trend of ongoing investigations within nationaljurisdictions against persons suspected to have participated in the Rwandan genocide. Those national efforts are quite welcome because they will contribute significantly to closing any gaps in the struggle against impunity for atrocities committed in Rwanda in 1994. The monitoring by my Office of cases transferred to national jurisdictions continues. The two cases of Munyeshyaka and Bucyibaruta referred to France are progressing in that jurisdiction. The Jean Uwinkindi case referred to Rwanda is before the Kigali High Court for trial.”
2013-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6977 (2013) · source
“In that regard, the Mechanism is in the process of launching a number of new initiatives aimed at increasing public interest and participation in tracking to supplement the efforts of the Office of the Prosecutor and of the national and regional law- enforcement authorities. We shall continue our contacts with Kenya, Zimbabwe and other States in the Great Lakes region concerning tracking of the three top-level fugitives, and we urge the Council to request all States to cooperate with the Residual Mechanism in that respect. We shall also continue to provide support to the Rwandan tracking group in respect of the cases of the fugitives that have been referred to thatjurisdiction.”
2013-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6977 (2013) · source
“I am pleased to report that all the core staff as well as the ad hoc staff necessary to conduct one upcoming appeal are already in place at the ICTR branch of the Mechanism in Arusha. That branch is now fully operational. Recruitment of staff and other logistical and administrative arrangements are in progress for the establishment of The Hague branch of the Mechanism effective from the beginning of July. We therefore expect some of the core staff of the Office of the Prosecutor of The Hague branch to be in place in time for the commencement of the branch. The support and cooperation of the Registry and the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICTY has been helpful in that respect. The Arusha branch of the Mechanism continues to track the three top fugitives, namely Kabuga, Mpiranya and Bizimana.”
2013-06-12 · UN Security Council · Security Council, S/PV.6977 (2013) · source
“Those legacy products are aimed at recording the challenges and responses to the investigation and prosecution ofthese difficult cases and in assisting national and international prosecuting authorities in managing the range of challenges that we may face, as they are the front line in ensuring accountability for international crimes. I am pleased to note that the interest in the work of the ICTR and its potential impact at the national level is increasing. That is indeed a good sign for the legacy of international justice, and we hope that Member States will deepen the impact through national programmes and appropriate legislative measures. Permit me now to turn to the operations of the Residual Mechanism.”
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“Work also has been ongoing on other subjects, such as the documentation of the genocide on the basis of adjudicated facts and the lessons to be drawn from the referral of cases with particular regard for their relevance to the principle of complementarity in international criminal justice. We expect, over the next year until the closure of the Tribunal, to be actively engaged in a number of those initiatives aimed at promoting best practices and lessons to be learned in the struggle against impunity, especially at the national level.”
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