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Centre Libanais des droits humains (CLDH) a pour objectif de rendre accessible à l'opinion publique toute l'information relative au Tribunal Spécial pour le Liban : revue de presse quotidienne en anglais, francais et arabe ; documents onusiens ; rapports, etc...
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PRESS REVIEW

July 24, 2010 - Ya Libnan - Arslan escalates attack against STL


Democratic Party leader MP Talal Arslan , a staunch ally of Syria and Hezbollah escalated his attacks Saturday during a press conference against the Special Tribunal for Lebanon by claiming that Israel is involved in every aspect of the indictments.

He pointed out that there are differences in the English and French versions of the texts detailing the duties of the tribunal and said such a discrepancy hides “hidden evil intentions” that will thwart justice because the tribunal will be employed to achieve regional and international interests.

He claimed that Israel is being used as a main source of information in the investigation “which is a horrible development.”

In addition, the MP condemned the tribunal for not prosecuting false witnesses, saying: “This joke affirms the court’s political quality, and eliminates its legal aspects.”

“A national stand is necessary in order to confront the plan to create strife in Lebanon, where the Lebanese should demand a rephrasing of the tribunal’s work starting with carrying out investigations with Israelis,” Arslan stressed.

According to observers Hezbollah has been using politicians like Arslan and Wiam Wahab to attack the STL with the aim of ending its role in prosecuting the killers of Hariri. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met Arslan last Thursday (picture) and met today with Wahab for 3 hours .

During a speech last Thursday admitted that some members of Hezbollah will be indicted by STL , but warned that will reject the indictments

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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