Ambassador Dr. Zlatko Lagumdžija, met with the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT)
On October 17, the Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina to the UN, Ambassador Dr. Zlatko Lagumdžija, met with the President of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT), Judge Graciela Gatti Santana. Judge Gatti Santana is in New York, where on October 18 he will present the annual report on the body’s work to the UN General Assembly.
Judge Gatti Santana informed Ambassador Lagumdžija about the progress in the execution of the mandate of the Mechanism, the continuous efforts to bring the residual functions and activities of the Mechanism to an efficient and timely end, including not only judicial activities in active cases, but also administrative functions, as well as the longer-term planning of the next phase in his action. These long-term functions, in addition to continued judicial activity, include monitoring cases referred to national jurisdictions, witness protection, execution of sentences, archive management and assistance to national jurisdictions.
Dr. Lagumdžija used the opportunity to express gratitude and support for the work of the Mechanism, stressing that the next phase in its work is equally important for the legacy of these tribunals and the preservation of established and recorded events, both in Rwanda and in the territory of the former Yugoslavia. They agreed that the issue of archives is one of the key elements in that process, and an adequate solution that will speed up the process of digitizing archives and thus ensure their preservation and protection, as well as access for judicial, educational, research and historical purposes. In this regard, he presented to President Gatti Santana the reasons why these issues should be resolved quickly, especially considering the position and request of the member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr. Denis Bećirović, that it is essential that the archives be located in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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