Judicial accountability in the ME-Mallat on Sharon's legacy, STL

Chibli Mallat weighed in this week on issues relating to justice in the Middle East in the context of the judicial victory of the Sabra and Shatila victims of Sharon, and briefly on the disappointing record of the Special Tribunal on Lebanon


On Sabra and Shatila and Sharon’s legacy

1) The Daily Star, oped, 13 January 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/Opinion/Commentary/2014/Jan-13/243875-a-criminal-against-humanity-who-missed-his-redemption.ashx#axzz2q4rHjV95

 

2)  BBC World Service, Weekend program, aired on 12 January 2014

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01p1wnl (available until 19 Jan 2014 Edited transcript here),

 

3) On the mediocrity of the Lebanese political scene with regard to the silence on  Sharon’s passing, Interview in the Daily Star, 13 January 2014

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/Jan-13/243906-lebanon-politicians-silent-on-sharons-death.ashx

  

On the STL’s dismal record

4) Citation by Nicholas Blanford, Christian Science Monitor,15 January 2014

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2014/0115/Lebanon-tribunal-makes-risky-bid-to-try-Hezbollah-for-Hariri-killing-video