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UN Hariri tribunal to begin work March 1

By Bernard Hibbitts (editor) and University of Pittsburgh School of Law students.

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[JURIST] The UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon will begin work on March 1, according to the Tribunal's Registrar, Robin Vincent. The March 1 start date for the court, established at the request of the Lebanese government after the February 14, 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri, will coincide with the scheduled arrival of prosecutor Daniel Bellemare in The Hague. In a televised interview on Monday, Vincent said that in May, the Tribunal will ask the Lebanese government to transfer four generals being held on suspicion of involvement in Hariri's assassination to the court's custody. The Special Tribunal will consist of 11 international and Lebanese judges, be based at The Hague and have a budget of $51 million for its first year. While no indictments have been issued, Bellemare, a Canadian prosecutor who headed the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC), believes a criminal network was behind the plot. The investigation has increased tensions between Lebanon and Syria as several IIIC reports have implicated Syrian officials in Hariri's death.

Full post as published by JURIST - The Paper Chase on February 24, 2009 (boomark / email).