Chronology
Born in Saida to Judge Mohammad Abu al-Fadl al-Kawas and Sadiqa Zantout.
Entered the judiciary after earning a law degree at Universite Saint-Joseph and practicing law for eight years.
Appointed investigating judge in Beirut.
Appointed judicial investigator in the Kamal Jumblatt assassination file.
Served as president of Lebanon's murder court.
Spoke at a Human Rights in Lebanon seminar in Saida.
Became Court of Cassation counselor and an original Justice Council member.
Signed the decision in the Jumblatt assassination file; As-Safir published the text the next day.
Publicly associated with abolitionist arguments against the death penalty and honored by the Cultural Movement in Antelias.
Death notices report the passing of Judge Hassan Kawas.
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.
- Published text of the Jumblatt investigation decisionAs-Safir · 1996-05-24 · Reproduced judicial text
Reproduces the decision signed on 23 May 1996. Its legal conclusions are kept separate from later reporting and allegations.
- 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.
- Fighting against the Death Penalty in the Arab WorldWorld Coalition Against the Death Penalty · 2010-02 · Research report · PDF
See the Lebanon discussion and note 113 on printed page 57, citing Kawas’s An-Nahar article of 30 May 2003. This is a bibliographic citation, not the original newspaper page.
Compiled by Judge Hassan Kawas Archive. Updated . How we use sources.