According to a press release of the UN, Antonio Cassese, the former (and first) president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) has been elected president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). Pursuant to Art. 8(2) of the Statute of the STL (annexed to UN Security Council resolution 1757) this makes judge Cassese the presiding judge of the Appeals Chamber. The composition of the three different chambers of the tribunal (pre-trial, trial and appeal) is as follows: (I) one international pre-trial judge; (II) three judges shall serve in the trial chamber, of whom one shall be a … Continue reading Antonio Cassese elected president of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon