The Special Tribunal for Lebanon issued a statement on Friday whereby it announced that “the closing arguments in the Prosecutor vs. Ayyash et al. case (STL 11-01) concluded today, after 9 hearing days.”
The statement also cited Presiding Judge Re as saying that the closing arguments “are an important part of trials conducted under international criminal law procedural rules (…) and allow the Prosecution and Defence to argue based on the entirety of the evidence before the Trial Chamber whether the Prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.”
The Legal Representatives of Victims summarized the views and concerns of the victims in their closing arguments before the Trial Chamber, the statement added, noting that 17 victims participating in the proceedings followed the hearings of the closing arguments in the courtroom.
“The Judges will now withdraw to deliberate and will issue a judgement in due course.”