""Cover""; ""The Special Tribunal for Lebanon: Law and Practice""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Table of Cases""; ""DOMESTIC""; ""REGIONAL""; ""INTERNATIONAL""; ""HYBRID""; ""Table of Legislation""; ""DOMESTIC""; ""BILATERAL AGREEMENTS""; ""INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS""; ""UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTS""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""List of Contributors""; ""1: Introduction: A Very Special Tribunal""; ""2: The Creation of the Tribunal in its Context""; ""2.1 Introduction""; ""2.2 The Context of the Creation of the Tribunal""
""2.3 The Negotiation of the Bilateral Agreement and the Statute of the Tribunal""""2.3.1 The mandate""; ""2.3.2 The negotiation process""; ""2.4 From a Treaty to a Security Council Resolution""; ""2.5 Some Legal Novelties of the Tribunal""; ""2.5.1 The nature of the Tribunal""; ""2.5.2 Jurisdiction and applicable law""; ""2.6 Conclusion""; ""3: The Legal Nature of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon""; ""3.1 Introduction: The Context for the Establishment of a Sui Generis International Tribunal""
""3.2 The Political Process that Established the STL as the Primary Influence on its Unique Legal Nature""""3.2.1 From fact-finding mission to the UN International Independent Investigation Commission""; ""3.2.2 The scarcity of available options""; ""3.2.3 Concluding in favour of a mixed tribunal established by agreement between Lebanon and the UN""; ""3.2.4 Negotiating a draft agreement and statute for the STL""; ""3.3 The Founding Instrument of the STL: Security Council Resolution 1757""; ""3.3.1 The terms of Security Council Resolution 1757""
""3.3.2 The extent of cooperation by the Lebanese authorities with the Secretary-General in the implementation of Resolution 1757""""3.4 The Judicial Process Confirming the Legal Nature of the Tribunal: Defence Challenges to Jurisdiction and Legality""; ""3.5 Conclusion""; ""4: The UN Investigation of the Hariri Assassination""; ""4.1 Introduction""; ""4.2 The UN Investigation Commission�s Operations""; ""4.3 The Commission in Context""; ""4.4 Challenges and Lessons Learnt""; ""4.4.1 Perception challenge""; ""4.4.2 Legal challenge: an accountability gap""
""4.4.2.1 Detention and asset freezing""""4.4.2.2 Obstruction of justice by �false witnesses�""; ""4.4.3 Practical challenges""; ""4.4.3.1 Changing mandate, procedures, and staff""; ""4.4.3.2 Lack of cooperation by key states""; ""4.4.4 Recommendations and lessons learned""; ""4.5 Conclusions""; ""5: The Crime of Terrorism in Lebanese and International Law""; ""5.1 Introduction""; ""5.2 The Subject Matter Jurisdiction of the STL in the STL Statute and Lebanese Law""; ""5.3 The Lebanese Definition of Terrorism Requires Commission by �Means Liable to Create Public Danger� Exclusively""
""5.4 The Crime(s) of Terrorism as Interpreted by the Appeals Chamber of the STL""