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President Cassese Presents Six-Month Report
Leidschendam, 29 September 2009 - On 14 September 2009, President Antonio Cassese presented a Report entitled ‘The STL Six Months on: a Bird’s Eye View’ to the Tribunal’s Management Committee. The Report offers a succinct overview of the activities of the STL in the six months elapsed since its establishment and is distinct from the Annual Report to the Secretary-General of the UN and to the Government of Lebanon due in March 2010.
The Report offers information on the most important activities carried out so far by the four organs of the Tribunal (Chambers, Registry, Office of the Prosecutor, Office of Defence), including: the Registry’s efficient preparations for the establishment of all the necessary practical infrastructures and the recruitment of competent and experienced staff; the rapid approval by the Judges of several legal documents for the functioning of the Tribunal; the deferral of jurisdiction by Lebanon and the issuance by the Pre-Trial Judge of various orders on the four detained Lebanese generals; the stepping up by the Prosecutor of his investigations; the intense contacts of the Head of the Defence Office with the Lebanese bar associations and Lebanese lawyers at large; and the unreserved cooperation by the Government of Lebanon to the various organs of the Tribunal.
In his report, President Cassese further reflects on the challenges that the Tribunal must meet and on how to tackle them. He reiterates that the STL intends to dispense justice free from any political or ideological fetter and based on the full respect of the rights of victims and defendants.
The Six-Months Report can be fully downloaded in the three official languages of the Tribunal at: http://www.stl-tsl.org/sid/137
For further information please contact:
Ms.Suzan Khan, Press Officer & Spokesperson of STL khan32@un.org - Tel: +31 (0) 70 800 3416 - M: +31 (0) 6 1107 9542
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