India backs UN mechanism set up to continue work of tribunals on genocide, war crimes

India backs keeping the mechanism established to continue the work of two international criminal tribunals, saying this would ensure continued accountability for the war crimes and genocide committed in the two regions."India underscores the importance of the mechanism continuing residual functions, including the protection of victims and witnesses, assistance to national jurisdictions, and the preservation and management of the tribunal's archives", Congress MP Manish Tiwari said on Wednesday (local time)."These functions remain essential to safeguarding the legacy of the ad hoc tribunals…