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27 Apr 2012, 5:02 am
She has particular expertise on children's issues; the subject of her introductory post below is the treatment of child soldiering in the just-released Special Court for Sierra Leone judgment of former Liberian President Charles Taylor. [read post]
27 Apr 2012, 4:25 am
Taylor, 64, has been on trial in The Hague at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone for almost five years. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 2:07 pm
The Special Court for Sierra Leone announced earlier today that Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia, was convicted on all counts of an 11-count indictment which alleged that he was responsible for crimes committed by rebel forces during Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 12:31 pm
The Sierra Club announced today that it has sent a letter to Dominion Cove Point stating that it will oppose LNG exports from the Cove Point LNG terminal under a prior legal settlement entered in the 1970s and most recently revised in 2005.In response, Dominion stated that it feels confident that it can proceed with the export proposal under the agreement, and that it has signed binding precedent agreements with two companies, including Sumitomo Corp. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 12:04 pm
The court was formed in 2002 to address the UN Security Council’s “deep concern at the very serious crimes committed within the territory of Sierra Leone against the people of Sierra Leone and United Nations and associated personnel and at the prevailing situation of impunity. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 10:30 am
Liberia’s Charles Taylor Guilty of Aiding, Abetting War Crimes :: The Special Court for Sierra Leone [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 10:04 am
Special Court for Sierra Leone convicts Taylor of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 10:04 am
Special Court for Sierra Leone convicts Taylor of planning, aiding and abetting war crimes [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 9:39 am
The timing of this special issue – the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the ICTY; slightly over a decade since the entering into force of the ICC Rome Statute; and on the 10th anniversary of the Special Court for Sierra Leone – provides significant scope for reflection. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 9:01 am
(Another of IntLawGrrls' several posts on the Charles Taylor judgment, part of our Sierra Leone accountability series) At 11 a.m. today Hague time, Trial Chamber II of the Special Court for Sierra Leone released its long-awaited judgment in the case of Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 8:32 am
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has just delivered its verdict finding former Liberian President Charles Taylor (right) guilty of aiding and abetting rebels during the civil war of the 1990s in Sierra Leone. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 8:06 am
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has found Charles Ghankay Taylor guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in connection with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including terror, murder, rape, and conscripting child soldiers. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 7:41 am
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor of eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 7:34 am
[JURIST] The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website] on Thursday convicted [judgment summary, PDF; press release, PDF] former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] on all 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 3:59 am
by Kevin Jon Heller The Special Court for Sierra Leone has found Charles Taylor guilty on all counts, but only as an aider and abettor — the judges have rejected the prosecution’s allegations that he participated in a JCE to commit the crimes alleged in the indictment or that he had effective control over the RUF soldiers who committed the crimes (i.e, no ordering or command responsibility). [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 2:00 am
The timing of this special issue – the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; slightly over a decade since the entering into force of the International Criminal Court Rome Statute; and the 10th anniversary of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (which today delivers judgment in the case against Charles Taylor, former President of Liberia) – provides significant scope for reflection. [read post]
26 Apr 2012, 1:15 am
Judgment in the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor will take place shortly in the Special Court for Sierra Leone. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 11:00 pm
El Tribunal Especial para Sierra Leona encontró hoy, después de cinco años de juicio, por unanimidad de votos, culpable a Charles Taylor, ex presidente de Liberia, de los once cargos que se le imputaban. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 2:40 pm
Although few doubted the ultimate outcome, the case was sufficiently contentious to warrant amici briefs from the California League of Cities, the Sierra Club, the California Building Industry Association, and others. [read post]
25 Apr 2012, 9:16 am
Sierra Club filed a motion to intervene and protest with the U.S. [read post]
