MICT President Meron presents the 6th annual report to the UN General Assembly.

President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (MICT) Theodor Meron yesterday presented the sixth Annual Report of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (Mechanism) to the United Nations General Assembly (Assembly), highlighting the most notable developments in the Mechanism's work in the past year.

The President commenced his final remarks before the Assembly as President of the Mechanism by reflecting upon the common and vital commitment to upholding the principles of justice, accountability and the rule of law.

He noted that 'the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and for the former Yugoslavia were born of just such compelling demands for justice and accountability', adding that the Mechanism, as their successor institution, continues to proudly carry forward their remarkable legacies.

President Meron then proceeded to brief the Assembly on the Mechanism's good progress in carrying out the core responsibilities inherited from the ICTR and the ICTY, from support and protection of witnesses, enforcement of sentences of those convicted, to managing the Tribunals' archives...