This is a short post to note the resignation as President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon on health grounds of Judge Antonio Cassese . The Tribunal elected the new President, Judge Sir David Baragwanath, on 10 October, a day later. Judge Cassese will continue to serve as a Judge of the Tribunal’s Appeals Chamber, focusing on legal matters. A detailed press release was issued on the same day of the election of the new President. Judge Sir David Baragwanath, a lawyer from New Zelaland, has nearly fifty years of legal experience and has practiced as defence counsel, as prosecution…