The new Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the new Appeals Chamber Judge have been sworn in Monday afternoon.

The new Prosecutor of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, Norman Farrell, and the new Appeals Chamber Judge, Daniel Nsereko, have been sworn in Monday afternoon, announced the STL in a statement.

Farrell of Canada will join the tribunal upon the completion of his mandate as the Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, said the statement.

He takes over the position of prosecutor after his predecessor Judge Daniel Bellemare stepped down from the post due to health reasons.