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UN, Netherlands Agree to Base Lebanon Tribunal in The Hague

By sprevatt

On December 21, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Larry D. Johnson and Dutch Ambassador Frank Majoor signed the Headquarters Agreement for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.  According to the agreement, the court that will judge recent assassinations in Lebanon, including that of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005, will be based in The Hague.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has accepted recommendations from the selection panel on judges for the Tribunal.  The Tribunal will consist of one international pre-trial judge, three judges to serve in the trial chamber (one Lebanese and two international), five judges to serve in the appeals chamber (two Lebanese and three international), and two alternate judges (one Lebanese and one international).

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Full post as published by Harvard International Law Journal Digest on December 27, 2007 (boomark / email).