STL Names Belgian as Pre-Trial Judge
The Special Tribunal for Lebanon has appointed Belgian magistrate Daniel Françoin as pre-trial judge in the tribunal”s judicial board, al-Mustaqbal daily reported Saturday.
Françoin was sworn in The Hague on Tuesday joining ten other colleagues in the board to finalize tribunal”s internal functions.
Starting the third week of March, the Belgian judge will act as "controller" to requests submitted by chief prosecutor Daniel Bellemare, including the arrest of suspects in the assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri or the release of those placed under administrative detention.
Françoin is in his late 30″s and worked as an anti-terrorist judge in Belgium.