International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals - Security Council, 10059th meeting

Briefing Security Council, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals head highlights Court’s ongoing judicial duties, streamlining, planned closure.

• Categories: Meetings & Events / Security Council
• Video Length: 02:10:12
• Production Date: 10 December 2025
• Asset Language: Arabic; English; French; Russian; Spanish; Chinese; Original
• Personal Subject: SERGE BRAMMERTZ; GRACIELA SUSANA GATTI SANTANA
• Corporate Name: INTERNATIONAL RESIDUAL MECHANISM FOR CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS
• Subject Topical: INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURTS; INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL; ACCOUNTABILITY; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; JUDICIAL SYSTEM; ARCHIVES
• MAMS Id: 3514244
• Parent Id: 3512275
• Alternate Title: MTG SC 10059 IRCT 10 DEC 2025 PM

Description

The Security Council today debated the future of the United Nations residual war-crimes court, established in 2010 to complete the remaining work of the Rwanda and former Yugoslavia tribunals after their closure in 2015 and 2017, including proposals to transfer certain technical functions — such as archives management and support for national prosecutions — to the UN Secretariat.

Presenting a biannual report ahead of a 2026 review, Graciela Gatti Santana, President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), said that the organ continues to protect some 3,200 victims and witnesses, ensure due process and enforcement of sentences for 40 convicted persons, support national prosecutions and preserve the Tribunals’ legacy through management of their archives.

“Today, the Mechanism’s mandate still carries real responsibilities to real people,” she said, noting that it is focused on responsibly concluding the justice cycle, issuing 26 enforcement decisions and referring its final contempt case to the United States, among its achievements.

• Briefer: Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
• Briefer: Mr. Serge Brammertz, Prosecutor, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals
• Statements: All Council members
• Statement: His Excellency Branislav Stojanovic, Assistant Minister of Justice, Serbia
• Further statements: Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia
• Further statement: Judge Graciela Gatti Santana, President, International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Related Sites and Documents

S/2025/491

S/PV.10059