#Lebanese_University Study: Special Tribunal for #Lebanon (STL) has no authority over the Lebanese
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STL officials at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah) #STL officials at the Phoenicia Hotel in Beirut. (Photo: Marwan Tahtah)
In a legal study conducted with the aim of defending the “existence of the Lebanese justice system as a whole,” the Faculty of Law and Political and Administrative Sciences concluded that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) has no authority over the Lebanese population. The study judged that any body must first be established by law to acquire a judicial capacity; otherwise, it would not have the power to issue rulings restricting freedoms. The study highlighted irregularities in the establishment and funding of the STL, calling on parliament to pass laws regulating the work of (...)