Structure and Staff
The STL consists of four separate departments, known as organs in international justice. They are; the Chambers, which consists of judges; the Registry, which runs all the administration of the tribunal; the Office of the Prosecutor; and the Defence Office.
The STL is the first international tribunal to have a defence office that is independent of the registry. Other tribunals have had a defence office, but never before has there been a defence office that is an independent organ, on a par with the Office of the Prosecutor.
Ban Ki-Moon appointed Robin Vincent Registrar (senior administrator) of the Tribunal on 11 March 2008. A series of successive resignations in early January triggered concerns about the staffing of the tribunal. The registrar of the STL David Tolbert, and Chief of Investigation Naguib Kaldas resigned during the first two weeks of January. Following the resignation of David Vincent, Ban Ki-moon appointed David Tolbert registrar on 9 July 2009, to assume the post effective 26 August 2009. Joyce Tabet assumed the post of Deputy Prosecutor of the Court in November 2009.
On 12 March 2012, Norman Farrell was sworn in as the successor to Daniel Bellemare as the prosecutor at the trial. Judge Francois Roux is the head of the Defense team.
Sir David Baragwanath was elected President of the Tribunal on 10 October 2011 following the resignation of President of the tribunal, late Antonio Cassese. Judge Ralph Riachy is the vice-president on the tribunal. Daniel Fransen is also a pre-judge hearing the case.
In September 2010, the tribunal appointed Lebanese national Alia Aoun as the deputy to the head of Defense Office François Roux.
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