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Three Options for Designing a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

Different models for a single residual mechanism would come with different levels of responsibility for future prosecutions.
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Legal, Political, and Administrative Considerations for Establishing a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism would need to consider legal political and administrative questions in order to succeed.
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Consolidating the Aftermath of Justice – The Idea of a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism could consolidate the tasks of ad hoc and hybrid tribunals after their prosecutorial mandates conclude.
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Introducing the Symposium on the Creation of a Single Residual Mechanism for Atrocity Crimes

A single residual mechanism could succeed international ad hoc and hybrid criminal tribunals, bringing challenges and potential benefits.
The words "My Government Did This" are displayed on a barrier on the Charles Helou highway in front of the ruined port of Beirut.

The Cost of Resilience: The Roots and Impacts of the Beirut Blast

The Aug. 4 explosion at the Beirut port is not the cause of catastrophe in Lebanon, it is the result. To understand its causes and impacts, we must look to what came before, including…
Judges Walid Akoum, Janet Nosworthy, David Re, Micheline Braidy and Nicola Lettier preside over the first hearing in the trial of four people accused of murdering former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague on January 16, 2014.

Special Tribunal for Lebanon is Set to Issue Historic Ruling on the Assassination of PM Hariri

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon will release its long-awaited judgment in the case involving the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri. The verdict, set to…

International Criminal Law Roundup: Part II

This is Part II of an international criminal law roundup focused on the ad hoc international and hybrid tribunals. Part I was dedicated to developments at the ICC. Part III will…
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Trials in Absentia Under International, Domestic and Lebanese Law

As a follow on to our backgrounder on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, one additional feature of the current proceedings is worthy of note: the trials are proceedings in absentia. …
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