David Tolbert Appointed International Tribunal”s Registrar
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed David Tolbert, an American, as the Registrar of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon.
Tolbert will succeed Robin Vincent at the court which will try ex-Premier Rafik Hariri”s suspected assassins.
"The secretary-general is grateful for Mr. Vincent”s assistance in the establishment and commencement of the tribunal”s work," U.N. spokesperson Michele Montas told reporters in New York on Thursday.
Tolbert, who will take up his duties on 26 August, has served in a number of senior capacities with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), which is responsible for trying those responsible for the worst crimes committed during the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s.
He also served as Ban”s special expert on U.N. assistance to the Khmer Rouge trials.
The international tribunal is based in The Hague, Netherlands. Its president is Antonio Cassese of Italy. Daniel Bellemare, a Canadian prosecutor and former head of the International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC), serves as the court”s prosecutor.