Equipo Nizkor - UNSC S/2016/574 - Letter from the Secretary-General reappointing the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

United Nations
Security Council

S/2016/574

Distr.: General
27 June 2016
English
Original: French

Letter dated 24 June 2016 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council

I have the honour to refer to your letter dated 9 June 2016 (S/2016/527) in which you took note of my proposal to reappoint the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

I have also received a corresponding letter from the President of the General Assembly (see annex I). Accordingly, I am proceeding with the reappointment of all of the judges of the Mechanism.

Pursuant to paragraph 2 of Security Council resolution 2269 (2016), adopted on 29 February 2016, the judges will be reappointed for a two-year term, with effect from 1 July 2016 until 30 June 2018.

I should be grateful if you would bring to the attention of the members of the Security Council the decision to reappoint all of the judges. The present letter contains a list of the judges (see annex II).

(Signed) BAN Ki-moon

Annex I to the letter dated 24 June 2016 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council

[Original: English]

Letter dated 17 June 2016 from the President of the General Assembly addressed to the Secretary-General

I have the honour to refer to your letter dated 3 June 2016 concerning the reappointment of the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (S/2016/526).

In accordance with article 10, paragraph 3, of the statute of the Mechanism, I am pleased to inform you that I concur with the proposed reappointment of the 25 judges listed in the annex to your letter, for a term of two years, with effect from 1 July 2016 until 30 June 2018.

(Signed) Mogens Lykketoft

Annex II to the letter dated 24 June 2016 from the Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council

[Original: English]

Judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

Mr. Carmel A. Agius (Malta)
Mr. Aydin Sefa Akay (Turkey)
Mr. Jean-Claude Antonetti (France)
Ms. Florence Arrey (Cameroon)
Ms. Solomy Balungi Bossa (Uganda)
Mr. Ivo Nelson de Caires Batista Rosa (Portugal)
Mr. Jose Ricardo de Prada Solaesa (Spain)
Mr. Ben Emmerson (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Mr. Christoph Flugge (Germany)
Ms. Graciela Susana Gatti Santana (Uruguay)
Mr. Burton Hall (Bahamas)
Mr. Vagn Prusse Joensen (Denmark)
Mr. Gberdao Gustave Kam (Burkina Faso)
Mr. Liu Daqun (China)
Mr. Joseph E. Chiondo Masanche (United Republic of Tanzania)
Mr. Theodor Meron (United States of America)
Mr. Bakone Justice Moloto (South Africa)
Mr. Lee G. Muthoga (Kenya)
Ms. Aminatta Lois Runeni N'gum (The Gambia)
Ms. Prisca Matimba Nyambe (Zambia)
Mr. Alphons Orie (The Netherlands)
Mr. Seymour Panton (Jamaica)
Mr. Seon Ki Park (Republic of Korea)
Mr. Mparany Mamy Richard Rajohnson (Madagascar)
Mr. William Hussein Sekule (United Republic of Tanzania)

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Letter from the Secretary-General reappointing the 25 judges of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals