A Blog on International Justice
by John RWD Jones* – iLawyer and Co-Counsel to Mustafa Amine Badreddine before the STL The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) was created by the UN Security Council (UNSC) to try those responsible for killing former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri and 22 others in a bomb blast on 14 February 2005. The trial is [...]
Today, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) unanimously dismissed challenges by the Defence asking for a review of the decision to try in absentia the four men accused in the 14 February 2005 attack against former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafic Hariri. The Trial Chamber decided in February to try the four [...]
Last February, the Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) decided to try in absentia the four persons accused to be involved in the perpetration of the terrorist attack against the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on 14 February 2005. In a recent motion, the Defence Team of one of the accused, [...]