Journal of International Criminal Justice Advance Access originally published online on October 16, 2007
Journal of International Criminal Justice 2007 5(5):1083-1089; doi:10.1093/jicj/mqm064
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A Lebanese Perspective on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Hopes and Disillusions
* Choucri Sader, Judge, currently presides over the Department of Legislation and Consultations at the Lebanese Ministry of Justice. He has occupied several positions in the Lebanese judiciary dealing with matters ranging from commercial cases, to arbitration, bankruptcy, personal status and exequatur of foreign judgments. He has also presided for five years over a Court of Appeals in Beirut and was appointed for two years as the District Attorney of Mount Lebanon. He has taught civil law, commercial law and civil liberties in two Lebanese universities since 1976. Judge Sader was a member of the Lebanese delegation that worked with the United Nations Office of Legal Affairs during the negotiation and finalizing of the Agreement and the Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. [ saderchoucri{at}hotmail.com]
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The author, a Lebanese judge and member of the Lebanese delegation that negotiated the Statute of the Special Tribunal, affirms the constitutionality of the Special Tribunal and discusses its promise, innovations and shortcomings.