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PRESS REVIEW

June 30, 2010 - Naharnet - Salam to Security Council: Lebanon is with Force of Law and not Law of Force

Lebanon's ambassador to the U.N. Nawaf Salam urged all states to respect international law saying the force of law and not the law of force, which Lebanon supports, guarantees respect for human rights and equality among states.
Salam made his comment on Tuesday during a Security Council open debate on the rule of law.

To maintain peace and security, it was unlawful to use military option to deter and punish, and, as such, the ambassador welcomed the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea, the International Court of Justice and other such bodies that contributed to the peaceful resolution of disputes.

However, he noted the selective application of certain rules, which threatened to render meaningless the concept of rule of law. One example were rulings directed at Israeli practices, where the Jewish state had annexed territories of other states, built settlements and committed transgressions against holy sites and engaged in acts of collective punishment and siege.

It had also made threats of war against Lebanon and committed daily violations of the country's sovereignty by land, sea and air, Salam told the Council.

He questioned why certain resolutions were implemented and others ignored, and why sanctions were announced against some but not others.

He noted that equality among states was one of the pillars of the international system, adding that the Council's credibility remained in question so long as there was no review of its structure or methods of work.

Still, Salam welcomed the Council's efforts to include the protection of civilians in its mandates and the need to uphold international humanitarian law. He welcomed its steps to create international and mixed tribunals to prosecute those who committed grave crimes, and looked forward to the activation of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to restore justice to the victims, without politicization.

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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