Mehlis 'convinced' Syrian authorities responsible for Hariri murder
German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis, the outgoing head of a UN committee investigating the February 14 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , said Saturday that he is convinced Syrian authorities are responsible for Hariri's death....
Iraqi authorities began to ease tight election security measures Saturday by lifting the ban on traffic and opening all borders except for the border with Syria, which will reopen in a few days. Thursday's election ...
ICC deputy prosecutor tipped to replace Mehlis on Hariri probe
Serge Brammertz , a Belgian prosecutor who is currently the deputy prosecutor for the International Criminal Court at The Hague, appears set to replace German prosecutor Detlev Mehlis as head of the UN...
The UN Security Council late Thursday unanimously approved a six-month extension of the probe into the February assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri just before the mandate of the investigatory commission currently...
The UN Security Council is considering a proposed resolution, offered by France at the request of Lebanon, that would widen the scope of the UN probe into the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik...
JURIST Guest Columnist Chandra Lekha Sriram, Chair of Human Rights at the University of East London School of Law (UK) currently visiting at the University of Maryland School of Law, says that tensions between Europe and the US over American...
UN questioning of Syrian officials in Hariri probe to end Wednesday
The interrogation of Syrian officials , part of a UN inquiry into the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minster Rafik Hariri , will be suspended after the last of five officials is questioned and...
The Australian Senate on Tuesday voted to approve new counter-terrorism laws that broaden the offense of sedition and allow for the detention of suspected terrorists for up to seven days. The legislation passed the lower house [JURIST...
Chief UN investigator will leave Hariri probe after Dec. 15 report
The chief United Nations investigator leading the probe into the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri will leave his post on December 15 after submitting his final report to the UN, a...
UN questioning in Hariri probe begins amid allegations of manipulation
UN investigators began questioning five Syrian officials in Damascus Monday as part of their ongoing investigation of the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik al-Hariri . Syrian President Bashar al-Assad agreed to the questioning in late November...
