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U.N. Chief Names Canadian Norman Farrell New STL Prosecutor
[An Nahar] U.N. leader  the ephemeral Ban Ki-moon... of whom it can be said to his credit that he is not Kofi Annan... on Wednesday named Norman Farrell of Canada as the new prosecutor of the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Leb, which is probing the 2005 liquidation of former prime minister Rafik Hariri. This is, if I recall correctly, 2012. This is the third STL prosecutor. Farrell takes over as chief STL prosecutor from another Canadian, Daniel Bellemare, whose three year mandate ended Wednesday. The court has charged four Hizbullah members over the liquidation. Farrell, 53, had been deputy prosecutor at the international tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. He has also worked for the International Committee for the Red Thingy in the Balkans and Ethiopia. "The secretary general once again reiterates the commitment of the United Nations ...what started out as a a diplomatic initiative, now trying to edge its way into legislative, judicial, and executive areas... to the efforts of the Special Tribunal for Leb to uncover the truth regarding the terrorist attack" that killed Hariri and 22 others, said U.N. front man Martin Nesirky. Ban wants to "send a message that impunity will not be tolerated." The U.N. last week extended the mandate of the tribunal for another three years. The tribunal, set up by the U.N. Security Council at the request of the Saniora government, announced in February that it will put four Hizbullah members on trial even though they have not yet been jugged. Warrants have been issued for Salim Ayyash, Mustafa Badreddine, Hussein Anaissi and Assad Sabra. The Lebanese authorities have failed to arrest the four. Ban also appointed Daniel David Ntanda Nsereko of Uganda as an international judge of the Appeals Chamber of the Special Tribunal. Posted by: Fred 2012-03-01 |
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