Moroccan judge Mustapha El Baaj was elected on Tuesday by the UN General Assembly member of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals for a term until 30 June 2020. Mr. El Baaj is an experienced judge in criminal justice. He is the first Moroccan magistrate to be elected member of this international judiciary roster. The Residual Mechanism was created in 2010 by the UN Security Council to complete the remaining work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) after the completion of their respective mandates. The Mechanism has two branches, one in Arusha, Tanzania, and one in The Hague, Netherlands.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 16, 2019 15:22 UTC