The Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) has appointed Jamaican, Justice Seymour Panton as Judge of the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals - this follows the resignation of Judge Patrick Robinson of Jamaica.
Before joining the Mechanism, Justice Panton served as President of Jamaica's Court of Appeal.
The Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals was established by the United Nations Security Council on December 22, 2010.
It carries out a number of functions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia following the completion of their mandates