ABSTRACT

Lebanon's turbulent history has seen many political assassinations, but only one, the assassination of PM Rafic Hariri, led to the establishment of an international tribunal – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) – in 2009. Why was the STL created? This study suggests that the creation of the STL constituted a ‘normative intervention': purposeful attempts by domestic and international actors to transmit norms and institutions to a country to realize political goals. Normative interventions, particularly in divided societies, trigger ‘normative contestations’, which are shaped by the identities and interests of various actors. The result reveals that normative interventions deepen existing political cleavages.

摘要

黎巴嫩动荡的历史见证了许多政治暗杀，但只有一个，即总理拉菲克哈里里被暗杀，导致国际法庭于 2009 年成立 - 黎巴嫩特别法庭 (STL)。为什么创建 STL？这项研究表明，STL 的创建构成了“规范性干预”：国内和国际行为者有目的地尝试将规范和制度传递给一个国家以实现政治目标。规范性干预，特别是在分裂的社会中，引发了“规范性争论”，这些争论是由各种行为者的身份和利益所塑造的。结果表明，规范性干预加深了现有的政治分歧。