40. It is crucial to emphasize that under the statute of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, trials conducted in the absence of the accused are significantly and markedly different both from the traditional trials in absentia (termed procès par contumace in French-speaking countries) held in the past in countries based on the Romano-Germanic tradition and from the trials in absentia that at present may be held in some common-law jurisdictions.
Il est important de relever qu &apos; aux termes du Statut du Tribunal, les procès tenus en l &apos; absence de l &apos; accusé sont fondamentalement et significativement différents des procès par contumace qui avaient cours dans les pays de tradition romano-germanique et les procès in absentia qui sont actuellement tenus dans certaines pays de common law.