Einde inhoudsopgave
Agreement between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United Nations concerning the Headquarters of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
Article 1 Use of terms
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 01-04-2009
- Bronpublicatie:
21-12-2007, Trb. 2007, 228 (uitgifte: 21-12-2007, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
01-04-2009
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
14-04-2009, Trb. 2009, 55 (uitgifte: 01-01-2009, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Internationaal publiekrecht / Rechtshandhaving
Internationaal publiekrecht / Diplomatiek en consulair recht
Internationaal strafrecht / Internationale tribunalen
For the purpose of this Agreement:
- a)
‘Statute’ means the Statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon as attached to the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007);
- b)
‘Tribunal’ means the Special Tribunal for Lebanon established by the Statute;
- c)
‘Secretary-General’ means the Secretary-General of the United Nations;
- d)
‘Government of Lebanon’ means the Government of the Lebanese Republic;
- e)
‘host State’ means the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
- f)
‘Parties’ means the United Nations and the host State;
- g)
‘judges’ means the judges of the Tribunal appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with article 2 of the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007) and article 9, paragraph 3, of the Statute;
- h)
‘President’ means the President of the Tribunal elected in accordance with article 8, paragraph 2, of the Statute;
- i)
‘Prosecutor’ means the Prosecutor appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with article 3, paragraph 2, of the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007) and article 11, paragraph 3, of the Statute;
- j)
‘Deputy Prosecutor’ means the Deputy Prosecutor appointed by the Government of Lebanon in accordance with article 3, paragraph 3, of the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007);
- k)
‘Registrar’ means the Registrar appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with article 4, paragraph 1, of the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007) and article 12, paragraph 3, of the Statute;
- l)
‘Head of the Defence Office’ means the independent Head of the Defence Office appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with article 13, paragraph 1, of the Statute;
- m)
‘staff’ means the staff recruited in accordance with the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007) and the Statute;
- n)
‘interns’ means graduate or postgraduate students who, not being staff, have been accepted by the Tribunal into the internship programme of the Tribunal for the purpose of performing certain tasks for the Tribunal without receiving a salary from the Tribunal;
- o)
‘witnesses’, ‘victims’ and ‘experts’ means persons designated as such by the Tribunal;
- p)
‘counsel’ means defence counsel and the legal representatives of victims;
- q)
‘suspect’ means a person referred to as such in the Statute;
- r)
‘accused’ means a person referred to as such in the Statute;
- s)
‘Management Committee’ means the Management Committee referred to in article 6 of the document annexed to Security Council resolution 1757 (2007);
- t)
‘premises’ means buildings, parts of buildings and areas, including installations and facilities made available to, maintained, occupied or used by the Tribunal in the host State, in consultation with the host State, in connection with its functions and purposes, including detention of a person, or in connection with meetings of the Management Committee;
- u)
‘Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ means the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the host State;
- v)
‘competent authorities’ means national, provincial, municipal and other competent authorities under the laws, regulations and customs of the host State;
- w)
‘Vienna Convention’ means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 18 April 1961;
- x)
‘Rules of Procedure and Evidence’ means the Rules of Procedure and Evidence of the Tribunal adopted in accordance with article 28 of the Statute.