Syrian Medad was minutes away from the explosion and gives us an eyewitness account of what happened

The Commission will re interview a number of witnesses and interview new ones as the investigation unfolds.

The forward air control pilots, were re interviewed, and affidavits were taken.

3. The appearance of a representative of a State before a court of another State as a witness shall not be interpreted as consent by the former State to the exercise of jurisdiction by the court.

Mr. Saddik initially came forward as a confidential witness to UNIIIC with detailed information about the assassination of Mr. Hariri (see S 2005 662, paras.

Subject matter Equality of arms in connection with opportunities to question defence experts in criminal proceedings

He did not know whether the incidents of assault had taken place during interrogation.

Thirdly, when the proceedings ended, the author could have requested that judgement be deferred pending the appearance of the ophthalmologist as an expert witness, under article 95 of the Labour Procedure Act.

Neither did they request the Czech authorities through inter State legal assistance procedure to interview the complainant.

4.8 The State party maintains that this cross examination would not have had any effect.

According to the source, Mr. Choi was interrogated without legal counsel and advice.

7.5 As to the claim that the author was deprived of his right to cross examine a crucial prosecution witness, the Committee notes the State party's contention that he was afforded, and took advantage, of the possibility to cross examine the public officers who had also filed a complaint against him.

The Commissioner requested information on the whereabouts of another Syrian citizen, Ziad Ramadan (see paras. 59 64 above), whom it wished to summon as a witness.

Ben Gharbia's lengthy interrogation comes amidst concerns about government attempts to interfere with the media in recent months.

4.3 The State party rejects the allegation that the author was unable to cross examine witnesses in court.

(e) On 1 March 2001, the applicant was interviewed as a witness. She was apprehended on 2 March 2001

However, it is worth noting that, despite their reluctance and procrastination, the Syrian authorities did make available for questioning the five Syrian officials that the Commission had summoned.

The questioning of those individuals touched on a broad range of issues related to the evidence that the Commission had gathered in its investigation. Statements made by two of the suspects indicated that all Syrian intelligence documents concerning Lebanon had been burned.

The prosecutors were allowed to put questions to the prosecution experts, but the defence was not allowed to question the defence experts, who were merely permitted to confirm their reports.

It is also recalled that the length of Defence cross examination depends on factors relating to each individual case.

It is also recalled that the length of Defence cross examination depends on factors relating to each individual case.

He indicated that the interrogation of the suspected persons and the Syrian witnesses might be carried out in a third venue in order not to provoke any negative feelings between the Syrian and the Lebanese people.

So was I. Throughout my training as an interrogator, the admonition to follow the Geneva conventions accompanied virtually every discussion of applying pressure.

The same was true of the Isabelle Maigrot case, in which the accused person was contesting a confession said to have been made by him under police interrogation.

It states that when the employment tribunal rejected the author's request that the ophthalmologist who had operated on her should be summoned as an expert witness, she could have appealed against that decision, as she is entitled to do under article 184 of the Labour Procedure Act.

The man was later brutally interrogated in a former Gestapo torture facility and spent 14 years in prison.

The investigation was extensive and included the questioning of more than 170 witnesses and suspects and the seizing of tens of thousands of documents.

Experience shows that in cases involving one accused, the cross examination of Prosecution witnesses will generally take about the same amount of time as the examination in chief.

3.2 The authors allege a violation of article 14, paragraph 3 (e), of the Covenant, given that there was unequal treatment in the questioning of the experts for the prosecution and the experts for the defence.

Both the provincial court and the Constitutional Court restricted the right of the defence to question the experts to the submission by the defence in writing of the questions that it was proposed to put and to the questions being relevant.

The family were not entitled to legal aid and a fighting fund was established to pay for the analysis of forensic evidence and the cost of tracing and re interviewing witnesses.

Furthermore, the Chambers exert considerable control over these variables within the ambit of fair trial principles, for instance by restricting the length of examination in chief and cross examination.

The police reportedly use torture and ill treatment during interrogation of suspects and rape of women detainees in prisons or police custody has been a problem.

Moreover, whereas the defendant was not able to cross question her ophthalmologist, the author had the opportunity to cross question the expert proposed by the defendant.

Experience shows that in cases involving one accused, the cross examination of Prosecution witnesses will generally take about the same amount of time as the examination in chief.

Furthermore, the Chambers exert considerable control over these variables within the ambit of fair trial principles, for instance by restricting the length of examination in chief and cross examination.

With regard to the police officer found guilty of assault, he would appreciate knowing whether the assault had occurred during interrogation.

On 3 May, Tunisian authorities spent six hours interrogating Sami Ben Gharbia, co founder of the independent media platform Nawaat and of Global Voices Advocacy project.

In 2004, the Ministry of the Interior, in cooperation with UNICEF, held three training workshops for officers and agents of the criminal security service and the police force on how to interrogate and deal with juveniles.

When three members of parliament sought to question the Prime Minister their right, under the Kuwaiti constitution the parliament was dissolved and elections called.

3.3 The authors also allege a violation of article 14, paragraph 1, since there was no verbatim record of the proceedings reflecting the constraints placed on the questioning of the defence experts.

The author based his petition on the deprivation of his right to confront or cross examine witnesses against him and the alleged illegality of his arrest and of the search of his room, conducted without a warrant.

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The database will create reports on the significant issues ( threads ) covered in the statements, for quick recovery in the course of re interviewing existing suspects and witnesses and introducing future evidence.

However, experience in previous multi accused trials shows that the presentation of the Defence case usually requires less time compared to the Prosecution case, due to less intensive cross examination.