STL: Victims Seeking to Take Part in Trial Must File Applications before Oct. 31
Special Tribunal for Lebanon Pre-Trial Judge Daniel Fransen ruled on Thursday that victims’ applications to participate in the trial relating to the February 14, 2005 assassination of former Premier Rafik Hariri should, barring exceptional circumstances, be filed before October 31, 2011.
The STL said in a statement on Tuesday: “This deadline for filing the participation requests is aimed in particular at allowing those persons who having been granted the status of a victim participating in the proceedings, to make known ‘their views and concerns’ from the start of the pre-trial stage of the case.”
“The Victims’ Participation Unit of the Registry of the Tribunal wishes to take this opportunity to recall that the victims of the attack of February 14, 2005 who suffered physical, mental or material harm may submit a request to participate in the proceedings as a victim by completing the application form available on the tribunal’s website,” it added.
A Lebanese telephone line has been specially set up in order to reply to victims’ questions.
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