July 11, 2014 Letter from Case Authority Lawyer to Case Authority
Omar Wafik Tarabah
Lebanese State Laywer
Civil and Arbitration Cases
Masters in Private Law
Beirut, July 11, 2014
To: HH Head of the Case Authority at the Ministry of Justice
RE: Request to refer a decision to the relevant authority
Case No: 137/2014
On June 27, 2014, HH Jad Maalouf, judge of urgent matters in Beirut, issued a decision, effective immediately, to authorize the Lebanese State through the Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport to refloat the ship “Rhosus” after moving the hazardous material onboard to an appropriate place to store it under its custody.
To this end,
We hereby request your honor to refer this letter to the Directorate General of Land and Maritime Transport at the Ministry of [Public Works] and Transport, together with a true copy of the aforementioned decision, in order, after approval, to do the necessary to lift the imminent threat.
Respectfully,
Lawyer Omar Tarabh
Lawyer of the Lebanese State
[Signature]
Received on July 14, 2014
Amal [illegible]
[Signature]
Translated by Human Rights Watch