UN Secretary-General Ban
Ki-moon on Wednesday appointed Norman Farrell of Canada as the new prosecutor
of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is currently probing the 2005
assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, according to a UN
statement.
Farrell will replace former
STL Prosecutor Judge Daniel Bellemare – who has completed his term.
Farrell is currently deputy
prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),
the statement said.
The statement added that
the UN Secretary-General “also appointed Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko of Uganda
as an international judge of the appeals chamber of the special tribunal.”
Nsereko “is currently a
judge in the appeals division of the International Criminal Court (ICC). He
replaces the late Antonio Cassese, who was also a former president of the STL,”
according to the statement.
“In announcing these
appointments, the Secretary-General once again reiterates the commitment of the
United Nations to the efforts of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to uncover
the truth regarding the terrorist attack that took the lives of former Lebanese
Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and 22 others, as well as other connected attacks,
so as to bring those responsible to justice and send a message that impunity
will not be tolerated,” said a statement issued by Ban’s spokesperson.
Four members of Lebanon’s
Shia group Hezbollah have been indicted by the UN-backed tribunal.
However, Hezbollah strongly
denied the charges and refuses to cooperate with the court.
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