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Debate on the item.

The Security Council is scheduled to hold its semi-annual debate on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT). The IRMCT's president, Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, and its prosecutor, Serge Brammertz, are expected to brief.

Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, said that it is a “watershed moment in the life of the Mechanism and for international criminal justice” that “in-court proceedings are all but concluded. The Mechanism only has the Kabuga case on its docket in this respect, with its future currently unclear.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The Secretary-General takes note of the appeal judgement in the case against Jovica Stanišić and Franko Simatović and extends his thoughts to the victims, and survivors and their families who have suffered from the crimes for which both defendants have been found guilty, a UN Spokesperson said. The judgement marks the conclusion of the last case relating to core crimes that the Mechanism inherited from the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Mechanism for criminal tribunals one of United Nations’ ‘best investments’, its president tells Security Council, highlighting significant progress.

Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, urged the international community to “remain steadfast in its commitment to fight impunity, to embrace the reality that justice does not end with final judgment and to acknowledge that the residual functions require continuous efforts to ensure that the legacy of the ICTY and the ICTR and the mechanism is not derailed.” UNIFEED

Mechanism for closed Rwanda, former Yugoslavia criminal tribunals readying transition from operational court to residual institution, President Tells General Assembly.

With 143 votes in favour, 5 against, General Assembly adopts resolution condemning Russian Federation’s annexation of four eastern Ukraine regions.