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Those who commit atrocity crimes will ‘ultimately be brought to justice’, Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals head tells Security Council.

“There are sadly still too many people like Mladić,” the Prosecutor of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals Serge Brammertz told the Security Council following the announcement of conviction of Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb armed forces of genocide and persecution during Balkans wars 1992-1995. UNIFEED

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a statement on the delivery by the International Residual Mechanism for the Criminal Tribunals of the appeals judgment in the case against Ratko Mladić, the former commander of the Bosnian Serb armed forces, calling “on all those in position of power to refrain from denying the seriousness of the crimes that have been adjudicated.” UNIFEED / FILE

International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals may conclude most cases by May 2021, its president tells Security Council.

Alarmed by genocide denial in Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia, General Assembly delegates commend Residual Mechanism for progress on cases amid COVID-19.

Economic agreement, resumed talks between Belgrade, Pristina, mark important steps towards reconciliation in Kosovo, mission dead tells Security Council.

UN top official in Kosovo Zahir Tanin urged Kosovo leaders to “redouble their efforts to counter misinformation” surrounding the Kosovo Specialist Chambers and the Specialist Prosecutor’s Office and provide “unambiguous institutional and political support essential for strengthening the rule of law and long-term stability in Kosovo.” UNIFEED

Organized by the Permanent Missions of Germany, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the Delegation of the European Union, the High-Level Commemoration aims to provide Member States with the opportunity to express their solidarity and share their best practices to achieve reconciliation. It also provides an opportunity to look at how UN peacekeeping missions can help prevent future atrocities.

Briefing Security Council on Residual Mechanism, senior officials highlight recent arrest of high-profile fugitive, note Court’s work to continue into 2021.

To rebuild lives, suffering must be acknowledged, ‘justice done’, human rights High Commissioner says, as Security Council takes up transitional justice.