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Mechanism prosecutor briefs Council: most international trials finished, urges UN Secretariat to keep assistance role
Summary
Serge Brammert, the Mechanism prosecutor, told the Council the Mechanism largely completed its original mandate to pursue ICTY and ICTR fugitives, detailed growing assistance to national authorities, and recommended transferring residual assistance and archives functions to the United Nations Secretariat to sustain technical support.
Serge Brammert, Mechanism prosecutor, told the Council that the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals has largely completed its original mission and urged that residual assistance functions be retained within the United Nations system to support ongoing domestic prosecutions.
Brammert opened by saying that details were provided in his written progress report and that his remarks would focus on the Council's upcoming review. "Here we are today: all ICTR and all ICTY fugitives have been accounted for," he said, summarizing years of arrests and trials that, he said, once seemed unlikely to conclude.
Why it matters: Brammert argued that although international trials of fugitives have been concluded, substantial work remains at the national level. He described a sustained and growing demand from domestic prosecutors for evidence, investigative files, and other technical assistance, and recommended that the assistance mandate be…
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