At the event (Photo: VNA)New York(VNA) – Vietnam has emphasised countries’ top responsibility in theprosecution of severe international crimes at a United Nations Security Council(UNSC) briefing on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals(IRMCT) held on December 14.
AmbassadorDang Dinh Quy, head of the Vietnamese Mission to the UN, said Vietnam backs theOffice of The Prosecutor’s increasing cooperation with and assistance forcountries in exercising their jurisdiction.
Alsochairman of the UNSC’s Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, Quyacknowledged efforts made by the mechanism in the implementation of the UNSC’sResolution 2529, which reviews the mechanism’s operation in 2018 and 2019.
Hevoiced his support for the implementation of effective measures to realise theUNSC’s vision for the IRMCT.
Atthe briefing, Judge Carmel Agius, President of the IRMCT, said in the past sixmonths, the mechanism achieved significant progress, including the resumptionof court hearings at its facilityin Arusha, Tanzania and the preparations for Rwandan genocide suspect FelicienKabuga to be on trial.
Establishedin 2010, the mechanism is mandated to perform a number of essential functionspreviously carried out by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda andthe International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The UNSC reviewsthe operation of the mechanism every six months.
Resolution2529 on reappointing the prosecutor and reviewing the two-year operation of theIRMCT was adopted by the UNSC in June this year. In its capacity as the Chairof the UNSC’s Informal Working Group on International Tribunals, Vietnamcompiled and chaired the negotiations of the resolution./.
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