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Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Chief Justice of The Gambia

On 1 December 2017, the ICTY initiated an independent expert review regarding the passing of Mr. Slobodan Praljak, led by Justice Hassan B. Jallow, Chief Justice of The Gambia and the former Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the Mechanism for...


Today, the official ICTY Closing Ceremony took place at the prestigious Hall of Knights (Ridderzaal) of the Dutch Parliament in The Hague.


The ICTY held its final Symposium on Monday at Leiden University’s The Hague Campus. The full-day Symposium, entitled “Looking Back to Move Forward: Final Reflections on the ICTY”, included four high-level panels, each focusing on a different area of the ICTY’s work...


The media accreditation procedure has now opened for those wishing to attend the final Symposium and the official Closing Ceremony of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), scheduled for 18 and 21 December 2017, respectively.


Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) spoke today at the briefing entitled “The International Tribunal and Beyond: Pursuing Justice for Atrocities in the...


Prosecutor Serge Brammertz of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) today addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC).


ICTY President Carmel Agius today presented the Tribunal’s final Completion Strategy Report to the United Nations Security Council, pending the Tribunal’s closure on 31 December 2017.


In the lead-up to the ICTY’s formal closure at the end of this month, a commemorative event took place yesterday in the Trusteeship Council at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on the Tribunal’s pioneering role as the first international criminal tribunal...


To complement the ongoing Dutch investigation into the passing of Slobodan Praljak, the ICTY Registrar this morning initiated an independent expert review focusing on the ICTY internal operations, in accordance with standard procedures.


Mr Slobodan Praljak, one of six defence appellants in the Prlić et al. case, passed away today in HMC Hospital in The Hague.