"JUDGES"

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

Confirming that the International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued 4 warrants related to the prosecution of crimes in Libya and submitted requests for two more, prosecutor Karim Khan told the Security Council, “Warrants are not an end in themselves, but they are an important step in the rights of victims and survivors that their lives matter to you.” UNIFEED

An art exhibition was held in Juba as part of a year-long campaign – ‘Peace Begins with Me’— marking 75 years of UN Peacekeeping. UNMISS

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued warrants of arrest for two individuals in the context of the situation in Ukraine: Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin and Maria Alekseyevna Lvova-Belova. ICC

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, expressed his concern over the deepening crackdown against perceived political opponents and civil society in Tunisia, including through measures taken by the authorities that continue to undermine the independence of the judiciary. UNTV CH

Briefing the Security Council today on the International Criminal Court’s Darfur-related activities, the ICC Prosecutor Karim Khan said that the cooperation with the government of Sudan has deteriorated. UNIFEED

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti, Helen La Lime, told the Security Council that gang-related violence has reached levels not seen in decades, reiterating that the people of Haiti are counting on the international community. UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said, “the rule of law is foundational to the United Nation,” reiterating that the Security Council has “a vital role in upholding it.” UNIFEED

Roza Otunbayeva, Special Representative for Afghanistan, said that the Taliban’s decision to suspend women from secondary education is “causing damage today that will be felt long into the future.” UNIFEED

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