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- Title: Tipping the Scale: Is the Special Tribunal for Lebanon International Enough to Override State Official Immunity?(Divided Loyalties: Professional Standards and Military Duty)
- Author : Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 415 KB
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The political environment in Lebanon is one plagued with a tumultuous history of violence and power struggles. This turmoil climaxed on February 14, 2005, when the former Lebanese Prime Minister, Rafiq Hariri, was assassinated in a terrorist attack. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon was subsequently created by the U.N. Security Council to try those responsible for Hariri's assassination. Previous international U.N.-created tribunals have successfully eliminated head of state immunity protections of the accused. However, the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's unique characteristics prompt a weighty legal question, one who's positive answer is vital for the Tribunal's existence, especially if it is found that those responsible for the attack appear to be high-ranking state officials: Is the Special Tribunal for Lebanon "international" enough to eliminate head of state immunity claims? I. INTRODUCTION