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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. 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. |