| Autor: |
Michelle Burgis-Kasthala |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Burgis-Kasthala, M 2023, ' Time for justice? Reflections on narrative absences and presences in the Special Tribunal for Lebanon’s Ayyash decision ', European Journal of International Law, vol. 33, no. 4, chac067, pp. 1213-1242 . https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chac067 |
| DOI: |
10.1093/ejil/chac067 |
| Popis: |
After a tumultuous inception and drawn-out in absentia trial, the Trial Chamber of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon finally handed down its key judgment in August 2020. This article offers a critical appraisal of the tribunal and the decision, first, by situating the finding within Lebanon’s political context and, second, by adopting a close narrative reading of the text itself. It argues that the judgment is structured around a series of presences and absences that build the Chamber’s narrative about post-civil war Lebanon and its need for justice. The article suggests that, while the Chamber succeeds in convicting one of the co-accused for his role in the terrorist conspiracy to assassinate Rafiq Hariri, it fails to produce a convincing narrative about the role of international criminal justice in the fractured polity of modern Lebanon. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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