Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone which is trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity said that the United Nations has discovered and frozen $6 million of Taylor’s wealth. In an interview with a Liberian journalist covering the trial in The Hague and [...]
Human Security Gateway: All Updates (Free subscription) | 03/10/2008
This report began with a series of troubling insights into Prosecution investigative protocol at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the Special Court or SCSL). During the summer 2007 trial session of the Prosecutor v. Sesay, Kallon, and Gbao, Trial Chamber I called a voir dire to determine the admissibility of post-arrest statements made by the first accused, Issa Sesay, during eleven days of custodial...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Olusegun Obasanjo has been accused at the UN-backed War Crimes Court in The Hague as the main man who fueled the relationship between ex-president Charles Taylor and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone (RUF). Some ECOWAS leaders were also implicated for the role they played in the war.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008
By Joseph Cheeseman in The Hague The war crimes trial of Charles Taylor has made another big revelation of the mediatory role of some ECOWAS leaders in the Sierra Leone conflict and its impact on Mr Taylor and the rebel RUF.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
Lead defence counsel said the Dutch security measure to put a chain round the waist of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, standing trial for war crimes in The Hague was particularly objectionable and obnoxious.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 21/08/2008
After being delayed for the past two days since the Special Court for Sierra Leone resumed from its annual judicial recess in The Hague, former Liberian president, Charles Taylor appeared in court yesterday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 07/08/2008
Prosecutor Stephen Rapp has announced the appointment of Sierra Leonean lawyer Joseph F Kamara as deputy prosecutor of the UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 04/08/2008
Final arguments in the Special Court trial of The Prosecutor vs. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao ("the RUF trial") will take place on 4th and 5th August 2008 in Trial Chamber I in Freetown. Proceedings will start each day at 9:30 a.m.
Stevie Wonder's Personal Blog (Free subscription) | 14/07/2008
TAYLOR TRIAL AT UN-BACKED COURT A MODEL FOR INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE, SAYS PROSECUTOR New York, Jul 14 2008 4:00PM The Chief Prosecutor of the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which is trying former Liberian President Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, says many commentators refer to the court as a model for international justice. "It shows that the...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 02/06/2008
There is a legal precedent. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is currently trying Mr Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president who is accused of supporting Foday Sanko's rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF) of Sierra Leone which, like Jean-Pierre Bemba's Mouvement de Liberation du Congo (MLC), allegedly killed hundreds of thousands of people, maimed many more and illegally sold diamonds...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
Justice Jon Kamanda of Sierra Leone has been unanimously elected Vice President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone yesterday increased jail sentences for two former Civil Defence Forces (CDF) leaders after their convictions by the Trial Chamber in October 2007 were overturned.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
The United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) today increased the sentences of two former leaders of a pro-Government militia who were convicted last year of war crimes committed during the country's prolonged civil war in the 1990s.
worldwide-news.net (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
An experienced Austrian judge has been chosen as the head of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the UN-backed war crimes tribunal said Thursday. Renate Winter was elected to a one-year term as the presiding judge of the appe … Go to news source
People Daily (Free subscription) | 30/05/2008
An experienced Austrian judge has been chosen as the head of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), the UN-backed war crimes tribunal said Thursday. Renate Winter was elected to a one-year term as the presiding judge of the appe ...
