Background to Laws on International Terrorism, Politics and Geography of the Region: The basic International Law on International Terrorism and associated regional political issues and background to the relationship of the Lebanese & Syrian States
Setting the scene for the STL: The investigations into the assassination of Rafik Hariri and related terrorist explosions by the UN Fact Finding Mission & the UN Independent Investigation Commission with analysis of the reports and UN Security Council Resolutions.
International Jurisdiction: The background to the establishment of the Tribunal as a national then international tribunal
The Laws of the Tribunal: Statute, Rules of Evidence and Procedure
Inside the STL: The structure of the Court its relationship to The Hague
Defence Counsel and establishing defence teams
A CD ROM or USB stick of all relevant UN materials and related documents will be provided to participants
A course certificate from the International Criminal Law Bureau will be provided upon completion of the course.
STEVEN KAY QC
THE ASSASSINATION OF RAFIK HARIRI & THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON
STEVEN KAY QC
THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT - STATUS QUO AND FUTURE CHALLENGES
Steven Kay QC from Nine Bedford Row gave a talk on 30 March focusing on the principles of international criminal law, jurisprudence of the ad hoc Tribunals and jurisdiction and proceedings of the ICC.
Representatives of the ICC and of the ad hoc Tribunals, defence lawyers with experience in the field of international criminal law and leading academics attended.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) is a permanent, treaty-based, international criminal court established to promote the rule of law and ensure that the gravest international crimes do not go unpunished.
Its jurisdiction is governed by the provisions of the Rome Statute which entered into force on 1 July 2002. Now that the Court has begun its formal investigations in Central Africa, the need to train defence lawyers, prosecutors, judges and government officials in international criminal law has become more urgent.
