42. 2020 年，余留机制面临全球 COVID-19 大流行带来的挑战，影响了其授权职能的执行，特别是在支持两个分支机构的特别司法活动方面，导致法庭审理程序出现一些不可避免的延误。尽管存在这些挑战，余留机制继续在其两个分支机构以被削减的能力履行其司法职能，并通过进行一些设施改造和信息技术创新，以及修改政策和准则，确保安全和有效地开展现场和远程业务。例如，鉴于旅行限制和保持社交距离的需要，本构成部分调整了法庭运作方式，除其他外，创造了律师和法官远程参与审理程序的可能性，或在图里纳博等人藐视法庭案(现为恩扎博尼帕等人藐视法庭案)中，以书面程序进行审理，而非举行面对面的情况会商。这一调整需要所有参与方在技术、后勤和业务方面进行创新并灵活应对，以确保工作人员和余留机制工作有关人员的健康和安全，同时使审理程序得到支持。
42. In 2020, the Mechanism faced challenges arising from the global COVID-19 pandemic, which had an impact on the implementation of its mandated functions, in particular in relation to the support of ad hoc judicial activities at both branches, resulting in a number of unavoidable delays to court proceedings. Despite those challenges, the Mechanism continued to carry out with reduced capacity its judicial functions at both its branches, supported by the implementation of a number of modifications to facilities and information technology innovations, as well as modifications to policies and guidelines, all to ensure safe and effective on-site and remote operations. For example, in the light of travel restrictions and the need for social distancing, the component adapted its court operations by, inter alia, offering the possibility of remote participation in proceedings by lawyers and judges or, in the Turinabo et al. contempt case (now Nzabonimpa et al.), holding proceedings by written procedure in lieu of holding in-person status conferences. This adaptation required technical, logistical and operational innovation and flexibility from all those involved to ensure the health and safety of staff and those affiliated with the Mechanism’s work, while at the same time allowing proceedings to be supported.