法庭的工作基于以下信念：没有正义就没有和平。过去数十年以来，我们在对最严重罪行追究责任和支持和平与和解方面取得了非凡成就。国际法庭与国家执法工作互为补充，为取得这一进展发挥了关键作用。余留机制高效地完成了卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭（卢旺达问题国际法庭）和前南斯拉夫问题国际法庭（前南法庭）的重要工作。德国认为，余留机制完成未决案件和追究战争罪犯的罪责都非常重要。
The work of the Tribunals is based on the conviction that there can be no peace without justice. Over the past decades there have been remarkable achievements in establishing accountability for the most serious crimes and supporting peace and reconciliation. The International Tribunals, complemented by national law-enforcement efforts, played a key role in ensuring this progress. The Mechanism completes the important work of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in an efficient way. Germany deems it highly important that the pending cases at the Mechanism are being completed and that war criminals are being held accountable.