La detención preventiva y la libertad personal en la práctica del Tribunal Especial para el Líbano

• Main Author: Francesco Agnello
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Española de Profesores de Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales (AEPDIRI) 2010-01-01
• Series: Revista Electrónica de Estudios Internacionales
• Subjects: Special Tribunal for Lebanon; Hybrid Courts; right to liberty; right to a fair and expeditious trial; presumption of innocence; judicial circulation between courts of decision on human rights; Tribunal Especial para Líbano; Tribunales Híbridos; derecho a la libertad personal; derecho a un juicio justo y sin dilaciones indebidas; presunción de inocencia; recepción de las decisiones judiciales sobre la protección de los derechos humanos.
• Online Access: http://www.reei.org/index.php/revista/num20/notas/detencion-preventiva-libertad-personal-practica-tribunal-especial-para-libano

The present article analyzes the order CH/PTJ/09/06, issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, on 29 April 2009, in terms of pre-trial detention, personal freedom, presumption of innocence and right to a fair and expeditious trial. From this point of view the article extend the reflection in considering the principal acts delivered by the Tribunal – Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Rules on Detention, Prosecutor’s applications and Pre-Trial Judge’s decisions – appraising its deep and concrete contribution in human rights protection.