Entry into the judiciary
After eight years practicing law, Hassan Kawas entered the judiciary in 1962. Public reporting places him in civil and criminal courts before his later appointment as investigating judge in Beirut.
In 1968 he became an investigating judge in Beirut, a role that placed him at the procedural beginning of serious criminal cases: crime scenes, forensic orders, autopsies, delegated police work, and early evidence collection.
Murder court and high judicial office
From 1978 to 1993, Kawas served as president of Lebanon's murder court, one of the country's most serious criminal jurisdictions. That position explains why later records often connect his name with major files and capital punishment.
In 1993, he became counselor in the sixth chamber of the Court of Cassation and an original member of Lebanon's Justice Council, the exceptional court assigned to major state-security and politically charged cases.
Sources and context
- Justice Council judges in the Dany Chamoun caseAs-Safir · 1995-06-24 · Contemporary press profile
Includes the biographical profile used for the chronology of Kawas’s education and judicial appointments.
- Hassan Kawas obituary and family recordAl-Anbaa · 2013-07-16 · Obituary
Documents his full name, family relationships, former judicial offices and death notice. The publication date is not treated as an exact date of death.
Compiled by Judge Hassan Kawas Archive. Updated . How we use sources.