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( Special Tribunal for Lebanon)
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is an international criminal tribunal for the prosecution, under Lebanese law, of criminal acts relating to the assassination of Rafik Hariri on February 14, 2005. The court was established by an Agreement between the United Nations and the Lebanese Republic pursuant to Security Council resolution 1664 (2006) of 29 March 2006. The United Nations Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations endorsed the agreement on 30 May 2007 (Security Council Resolution 1757 (2007))[1] The tribunal is mandated to try those suspected of assassinating former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, who was murdered in February 2005. Several human rights organizations such as Human Rights Watch had argued that the tribunal should have been given jurisdiction over 14 other attacks perpetrated in Lebanon since October 1, 2004.[2] The tribunal marks the first time that a UN-based international criminal court will be trying a "terrorist" crime committed against a specific person. [3] According to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1664 (2006), it is to be a "tribunal of an international character based on the highest international standards of criminal justice."[citation needed]
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