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20 Jun 2006, 1:00 am
[JURIST] Former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] was transported out of Sierra Leone to the Netherlands Tuesday to await trial by the Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website], according to Sierra Leone Vice-President Solomon Berewa [Wikipedia profile]. [read post]
16 Jun 2006, 6:39 am
[JURIST] The UN Security Council [official website] on Friday unanimously agreed to a resolution [summary and text] authorizing the pending war crimes trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to be shifted from the facilities of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL} in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the facilities of the International Criminal Court at The [read post]
15 Jun 2006, 2:48 am
[JURIST] UK Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett [official profile] said Thursday that Britain will take custody of former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website], as long as authorizing legislation is passed by parliament. [read post]
24 May 2006, 7:24 pm
[JURIST] A magistrate in Sierra Leone Wednesday granted bail of $8,000 each to three men charged with inspecting a prohibited area and conspiracy to assist former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] escape from prison at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive], a war crimes tribunal. [read post]
29 Apr 2006, 4:01 pm
[JURIST] The British lawyer serving as chief prosecutor for the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website], the West African war crimes court that will try recently-captured ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor [JURIST news archive] for war crimes and crimes against humanity, announced [press release, PDF] Friday he would step down June 30 when his contract expires after only a [read post]
25 Apr 2006, 6:07 pm
[JURIST] Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller [official profile] said Tuesday that Denmark intended to turn down a request to take custody of former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] should he be convicted of war crimes charges [indictment, PDF] by the Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website]. [read post]
25 Apr 2006, 3:49 pm
Banner in the Sierra Nevada. [read post]
12 Apr 2006, 12:56 pm
[JURIST] The Forum for the Establishment of a War Crimes Court in Liberia has increased lobbying efforts to convince national leaders that Liberia needs to set up its own war crimes court in response to the controversy surrounding the trial of former president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], who faces trial in the UN-supported Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official [read post]
12 Apr 2006, 9:32 am
For hiking and backpacking Idaho is comperable to the Sierra Nevada, but more accessible, and better than the Cascades of Washington by far. [read post]
12 Apr 2006, 2:08 am
[JURIST] In the wake of a request [press release, PDF] from the UN-supported Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website] that the trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] be transferred for security reasons, members of the UN Security Council said Tuesday that they were having difficulty finding a country willing to take in Taylor after a [read post]
10 Apr 2006, 8:55 am
[JURIST] Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive], the former president of Liberia indicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website], will challenge a prosecutor's motion that seeks to move his trial from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to The Hague in the Netherlands, his British lawyer [JURIST report] announced Monday. [read post]
6 Apr 2006, 7:37 am
[JURIST] Former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] has selected British lawyer Karim Asad Ahmad Khan to serve as his provisional counsel in proceedings at the Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website]. [read post]
5 Apr 2006, 4:21 am
[JURIST] The international tribunal that is set to hear the case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] hit a wall on Tuesday as court administrators struggled to find a country willing to grant Taylor asylum if he is acquitted of 11 counts of war crimes [amended indictment, PDF; summary] allegedly committed during Sierra Leone's 11-year civil war. [read post]
4 Apr 2006, 4:08 am
[JURIST] Former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] met with several potential defense lawyers after he pleaded not guilty [JURIST report] Monday to 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity [amended indictment, PDF] at the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website]. [read post]
3 Apr 2006, 6:18 am
[JURIST] Former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] pleaded not guilty to war crimes charges in his first appearance before the Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website] Monday. [read post]
2 Apr 2006, 3:09 am
[JURIST] Former Liberian president and accused war criminal Charles Taylor [JURIST news archive] is set to make his first appearance in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website] before Justice Richard Lussick [official profile] at Freetown on Monday, where he is expected to plead not guilty to charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity [amended indictment, PDF]. [read post]
31 Mar 2006, 3:07 pm
[JURIST] Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website] Chief Prosecutor Desmond de Silva told the Associated Press in an interview Friday that Liberian ex-president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] is being closely guarded by UN peacekeepers from Mongolia and Ireland as he awaits a war crimes trial. [read post]
30 Mar 2006, 8:31 am
[JURIST] The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs [official website] said Thursday that the Special Court for Sierra Leone [official website] has asked the country to host the war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] in The Hague. [read post]
28 Mar 2006, 7:00 am
[JURIST] The BBC is reporting a statement by the Nigerian government that wanted war crimes suspect Charles Taylor [JURIST news archive], the former Liberian president indicted by the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website] who it said it would turn over to Liberian authorities [JURIST report], is missing from the villa in the south of country where he has been living [read post]
27 Mar 2006, 8:34 am
Taylor is wanted in Sierra Leone for charges that he backed rebel leaders in exchange for diamonds and he is [read post]
