STL appoints New Deputy Registrar

Daryl Mundis was appointed this week as Deputy Registrar for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon. He replaces Kaoru Okuizumi, who left the Tribunal in October.               

Mr Mundis, from the United States, has extensive background in international criminal justice. He served as Chief of Prosecutions at the STL from 2009 until his appointment as Deputy Registrar.                     

Prior to joining the STL, he was a Senior Prosecuting Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, where he was the lead prosecutor in a number of cases involving crimes committed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. He also served in the Chambers of the ICTY.                               

Mr Mundis holds a Ph.D. in international law and has published extensively on issues relating to international criminal law and procedure, international humanitarian law and international courts and tribunals             

He will be working with the Registrar, Mr Herman von Hebel, to provide administrative, legal and other essential support to the Tribunal and will deputize in his absence. Mr Mundis will oversee judicial services to ensure the smooth running of court proceedings.