Daryl Mundis was appointed this week as Deputy Registrar for the U.N.-backed Special Tribunal for Lebanon probing the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafik Hariri, the STL said on Monday.
Mundis 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,” said a statement issued by the court.
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.
He will be working with STL Registrar Herman von Hebel to provide “administrative, legal and other essential support to the Tribunal and will deputize in his absence,” said the STL.
Mundis will oversee judicial services to “ensure the smooth running of court proceedings,” it added.
