STL Registrar Meets Lebanese Officials on Working Visit to Beirut

The Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) Daryl Mundis met with Prime Minister Saad Hariri during a working visit to Beirut this week and discussed various matters related to the work of the Tribunal, the STL said on Thursday.

He also met with Prosecutor General Samir Hammoud and members of the diplomatic community in Lebanon.

The STL Registrar is responsible for all aspects of the Tribunal's administration including the budget, fundraising, human resources and providing security. His responsibilities also include court management, the oversight of the Victims’ Participation Unit, witness protection and language services.

The Tribunal is trying in absentia four alleged Hizbullah members accused of involvement in the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik Hariri.

Earlier this month, prosecutors wrapped up their case after four years. They called more than 260 witnesses and showed judges some 2,470 exhibits as they laid out their case that the four suspects plotted together to blow up Hariri with a massive truck bomb.

Hizbullah has denied involvement in Hariri's assassination.

The case against a fifth suspect, Hizbullah military commander Mustafa Badreddine, was halted in 2016 after he was killed in Syria.