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Judge Ivana Hrdličková

Judge Ivana Hrdličková
President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon

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Court and Tribunals
Regional Courts
Special Tribunal for Lebanon –
A Tribunal of Many Firsts

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon conforms to the long tradition of criminal prosecutions at the international level, beginning with the Nuremberg and Tokyo tribunals after the Second World War and continuing since the 1990s with tribunals for the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Cambodia, and the International Criminal Court. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has, nevertheless, several characteristics which are unique, starting with its creation, structure, applicable law, jurisdiction, and levels of hybridization. An insight into the unique features of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon will assist judges and lawyers in future cases where these features may be adopted.

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Court and Tribunals
Regional Courts
Special Tribunal for Lebanon – A Tribunal of Many Firsts
A. Legal Instruments

Charter of the International Military Tribunal, Annex to the Agreement by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Government of the United States of America, the Provisional Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis, London, 8 August 1945, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 82, p. 279.

Charter of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, Tokyo, 19 January 1946, United States Department of State, Treaties and Other International Acts Series 1589.

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia,  Security Council resolution 827 (1993) of 25 May 1993, as amended.

Statute of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Security Council resolution 955 (1994) of 8 November 1994, as amended.

Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Rome, 17 July 1998, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2187, p. 3, as amended. 

Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone (with Statute), Freetown, 16 January 2002, United Nations, Treaty Series,  vol. 2178, p.137.

Law on the Establishment of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia for the Prosecution of Crimes Committed during the Period of Democratic Kampuchea (with inclusion of amendments as promulgated on 27 October 2004 NS/RKM/1004/006), 10 August 2001.

Agreement between the United Nations and the Lebanese Republic on the establishment of a Special Tribunal for Lebanon (with Statute), Beirut, 22 January 2007 and New York, 6 February 2007, United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2461, p. 257.