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As the net closes in on the assassins, many in Lebanon are bracing for more instability. Lebanon already faces a tense period in the months leading to knife-edge parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7. ?The establishment of the tribunal faced many difficulties, and I do think that as...
No other international tribunal has been established on the basis of one man?s murder (others such as those for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia dealt with genocide and war crimes), making it unique in the relatively new field of international jurisprudence - and highly political as well.
Amnesty International, the human rights watchdog, suggested that the tribunal was ?politically selective? and that it should address the enormous number of other serious crimes committed in Lebanon in recent decades, especially during the 1975-1990 civil war. ?The mandate is by far the narrowest of any tribunal...
But a rapprochement with the West and the possibility of resumed peace talks with Israel could be derailed if the tribunal issues indictments for senior Syrian figures. Given the stakes, it is no surprise that suspicions have arisen of a deal being concocted in which the Syrian leadership is spared...
The UN has established a committee to monitor interference in the judicial process and insists that the tribunal will remain impartial. In an open letter to the Lebanese, Bellemare said that he would ?not be influenced by any political consideration.?