Association of Defence Counsel

On 27 March 2020,  the ADC-ICT issued the following press release which urged the President of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) to urgently grant early or provisional release to detainees in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

THE HAGUE – The Association of Defence Counsel practising before the International Courts and Tribunals (ADC-ICT) urgently requests the President of the UN International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) to grant early or provisional release to detainees under the authority...

At the ADC-ICT General Assembly, which was held on 7 December 2019, a Resolution was unanimously passed which requested the President of the IRMCT to apply the established jurisprudence of the ad hoc tribunals and the Mechanism as to early release and treat all convicted persons with uniformity. It also requests the President of the Mechanism to expedite all pending and future submissions on early release, commutation of sentence and pardon and render all decisions in a timely manner.

The Resolution was passed by the General Assembly as there are many outst...