STL Judges Discuss Amendments to Rules of Procedure and Evidence

Special Tribunal for Lebanon Judges are meeting on Wednesday and Thursday to discuss amendments to the court’s Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the STL said.

“The Judges of the STL are meeting today and tomorrow to discuss a number of proposed amendments to the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, as well as other issues relating to the work of the Tribunal,” the STL said in a terse statement.

It said the proposed amendments were put forward by the court’s four organs – the Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor, the Defense Office and the Registry.

“A press release about any approved changes to the rules will be issued in due course,” the statement added.

Earlier this month, the court said that eight lawyers have been selected to represent four Hizbullah members due to be tried in absentia for the Feb. 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.

Each of the four defendants, who remain at large, will have a counsel and co-counsel who "are fully independent and can choose any strategy they see best fit to defend the rights of the accused,” it said.