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External sources (not reviewed)

The Judicial and Legal Services Division continues to provide: (a) direct judicial assistance to the Trial Chambers and the Appeals Chamber, such as, legal research, drafting and other judicial support; the preparation of the judicial calendar; the maintenance and scheduling of courtrooms; and the recording, maintenance and registration of records of judicial proceedings, transcripts, motions, orders, decisions, judgements and sentences; and (b) other court-related functions, including the provision and maintenance of the detention facilities; the

The Registry is expected to meet its objective and expected accomplishments on the assumption that: (a) the States of the former Yugoslavia cooperate in the provision of information and other forms of assistance; (b) there are no delays in the proceedings for reasons beyond the Tribunal’s control, such as illness of the accused, unforeseen

In addition to those rights, the legal regime of trials in the absence of the accused before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon includes two obligations

Under the statute and the Rules of Procedure and Evidence, the absentee retains, however, some

Likewise, although I had hoped to focus a significant portion of my tenure as Principal Defender on legacy, outreach and building a pillar of the Court that could serve as a real counterbalance to the overwhelming power of the Prosecutor, I had to spend an inordinate amount of time administering a perhaps well-intentioned in theory, but bureaucratic and unrealistic, so-called lump sum fee structure, that not only wasted much time, but also led to internal struggle

The Registry is expected to meet its objectives and expected accomplishments on the assumption that: (a) Member States continue to cooperate in the arrest and transfer of indicted persons and in the provision of information; and (b) there are no delays in the proceedings for reasons beyond the control of the Tribunal, including

The goal of the Legal Aid Unit at

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is the first international tribunal to have a statutory Defence Office as an organ independent of the Registry, mandated to protect the rights of the defence, provide legal and

It should be noted that the anticipated commencement and completion dates of trials are based on current estimates, which are subject to change owing to factors beyond the control of the Tribunal, such as the health of the accused, the number of interlocutory appeals submitted during

The operational rules and procedures of NDS regulating

As indicated earlier in the present report, the principal duties of the Defence Office are to “protect the rights

Through the Inter-Agency Criminal Justice Commission, the judiciary is

To a great extent, the Defence Office is exploring uncharted terrain, for example, by interviewing applicants before they are admitted to the list of counsel; by monitoring, as mandated under the

It is therefore necessary that the Legal Advisory Section create an institutional legal repository to provide legal advice to counsel, in order to compensate for any unfamiliarity that counsel may have with a substantive

The external factors that may impact these projections include: the insufficiency of support services for trials and appeals, including translation services, which have a significant impact on the pace at which trials and appeals progress; the unavailability of witnesses and inevitable postponements, due mainly to fair trial issues that may lead to missing the completion target dates for trials and appeals; the non-cooperation or the delayed cooperation of Member States and non-governmental organizations with respect to the Tribunal’s requests; an unexpected increase in the complexity of appeals, both

One of the challenges ahead is to extend the tailored capacity-building, which currently reaches judges and prosecutors, to other

The Committee also points out that a number of planned accomplishments and outputs of the Mission for the period 2007/08 were not achieved, including increasing the number of female Liberian National Police officers (indicator 1.3.2), replacing 50 per cent of international experts with Liberian experts (indicator 2.1.4), increasing the number of ex-combatants participating in rehabilitation and reintegration programmes (indicator

The additional requirements derived from the extension of the terms of judges, increased general temporary

In order to ensure effectiveness and

Structurally, the Tribunal differs from other international and hybrid courts in that it is endowed with a statutory Defence Office as an organ independent of the

The Residual Special Court will be mandated to try the only remaining indictee at large, Johnny Paul Koroma, if the case is not transferred to national jurisdiction, preserve and manage the archives, provide protection and support to witnesses and victims, respond to requests for access to evidence by national prosecution authorities, supervise enforcement of sentences, review convictions and acquittals;

On that occasion, the judges also discussed and adopted the various fundamental legal documents relating to the organization and functioning of the Tribunal: