STL President visits Lebanon

The Presidentof the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Judge Sir DavidBaragwanath, will be visiting Lebanon this week for the first time.He is to be accompaniedby the Vice-Presidentof the Tribunal, Judge Ralph Riachy. During the visit Baragwanath is scheduled to meet Lebanon’s President andother Lebanese authorities who work with the Tribunal as well asagencies and members of the academic and legal community.“I am honoured to visit a country of such great cultural and legaltraditions”, said Judge Baragwanath. “The Tribunal’s judges considerthemselves not just international judges, but also judges of Lebanon,applying the criminal law of Lebanon and respectful of its sovereigntyand its people."I am determined that the work of the Tribunal be fairand expeditious, with full respect of the rights of the accused and theinterests of the victims.”