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

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• 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.