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PRESS REVIEW

February 3, 2010 - Daily Star - Top STL officials, Berri discuss tribunal challenges

BEIRUT: President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Antonio Cassese and Vice President Ralph Riachy discussed with Speaker Nabih Berri the challenges that international criminal tribunals face. Cassese assured Berri the Tribunal is committed to accomplishing its mission while being completely independent and impartial, an STL statement said.
Cassese and Riachy also met Judge Ghaleb Ghanem, president of the Higher Judicial Council and Public Prosecutor Saeed Mirza. During their talks, they discussed ways for cooperation between the Tribunal and Lebanese authorities. Cassese also expressed his thanks for the support from the Judiciary.
In the afternoon Cassese and Riachy took part in an “experts roundtable” held at the Phoenicia Hotel. The roundtable, which included envoys from the legal, academic and civil society, was an open discussion about the legal framework and activities of the STL and lessons learned from other international tribunals. Cassese stressed that he also saw this meeting as an chance for the STL to benefit from the participants’ extensive experience in Lebanese and international law. Cassese highlighted the importance of a well-informed debate about the STL, its mandate, and its rules.
The STL press office said Cassese and Riachy’s official visit would continue with a courtesy call to the Lebanese University and a presentation to the Beirut Bar Association.
On Tuesday, Al-Mustaqbal newspaper said Cassese’s visit to Beirut was intended to stress that the STL was ready for an open trial as soon as Prosecutor General Daniel Bellemare issues his charge sheet against those involved in the assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri and related crimes.
Meanwhile, As-Safir newspaper said Cassese discussed with Lebanese officials the issue of appointing a liaison judge to serve as a link between the STL in The Hague and Lebanese authorities. Cassese is likely to appoint a Lebanese judge for the post, it added.

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Background - خلفية

On 13 December 2005 the Government of the Lebanese Republic requested the UN to establish a tribunal of an international character to try all those who are alleged responsible for the attack of 14 february 2005 that killed the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others. The United Nations and the Lebanese Republic consequently negotiated an agreement on the establishment of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.

Liens - Links - مواقع ذات صلة

The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, David Schenker , March 30, 2010 . Beirut Spring: The Hariri Tribunal Goes Hunting for Hizballah


Frederic Megret, McGill University, 2008. A special tribunal for Lebanon: the UN Security Council and the emancipation of International Criminal Justice


International Center for Transitional Justice Handbook on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, April 10, 2008


United Nations
Conférence de presse de Nicolas Michel, 19 Sept 2007
Conférence de presse de Nicolas Michel, 27 Mars 2008


Département d'Etat américain
* 2009 Human Rights report
* 2008 Human Rights report
* 2007 Human Rights report
* 2006 Human Rights report
* 2005 Human Rights report



ICG - International Crisis Group
The Hariri Tribunal: Separate the Political and the Judicial, 19 July, 2007. [Fr]


HCSS - Hague Centre for strategic studies
Hariri, Homicide and the Hague


Human Rights Watch
* Hariri Tribunal can restore faith in law, 11 may 2006
* Letter to Secretary-General Kofi Annan, april 27, 2006


Amnesty International
* STL insufficient without wider action to combat impunity
* Liban : le Tribunal de tous les dangers, mai 2007
* Jeu de mecano


Courrier de l'ACAT - Wadih Al Asmar
Le Tribunal spécial pour le Liban : entre espoir et inquiétude


Georges Corm
La justice penale internationale pour le Liban : bienfait ou malediction?


Nadim Shedadi and Elizabeth Wilmshurt, Chatham House
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon : the UN on Trial?, July 2007


Issam Michael Saliba, Law Library of Congress
International Tribunals, National Crimes and the Hariri Assassination : a novel development in International Criminal Law, June 2007


Mona Yacoubian, Council on Foreign Relations
Linkages between Special UN Tribunal, Lebanon, and Syria, June 1, 2007