Special Tribunal for Lebanon

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon is a tribunal of international character. It was inaugurated on 1 March 2009 and has four organs: Chambers, the Office of the Prosecutor, the Defence Office and the Registry.

The Tribunal’s primary mandate is to hold trials for the people accused of carrying out the attack of 14 February 2005 (which killed 22 people, including the former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, and injured many others), as well as those accused of connected attacks.

The STL is an independent, judicial organisation composed of Lebanese and international judges.