Charles Taylor August 8, 2009March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Taylor Tells Court He Has No Secret Bank Accounts; Says He Did Not Give Orders To RUF Commander Sam Bockarie …fighters in Sierra Leone continued during the war, Mr. Taylor said that he threatened to quit the ECOWAS Committee of Five. “I am doing my best, there are no Liberians…
Charles Taylor August 7, 2009March 5, 2014 by Tracey Gurd It’s All About You, Too! Dear Readers: You have been so active, engaged and thoughtful on our site. You continue to raise excellent issues each day, and respond to each other with new and interesting…
Charles Taylor August 6, 2009March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay ECOMOG Peacekeepers Trained Liberians To Fight In Sierra Leone …to the conflict in Sierra Leone. “I am doing my best, there are no Liberians that I have sent to Sierra Leone, but the allegations abound,” Mr. Taylor said. “So…
Charles Taylor July 9, 2009March 15, 2018 by Tracey Gurd Welcome Back for Taylor's Defense This Monday, Charles Taylor’s defense team is set to lay out their case before the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We’ll be following the trial from the courtroom in The…
Thomas Lubanga May 15, 2009September 2, 2020 by International Justice Monitor Lubanga Trial, Week 12: Age of Child Soldiers Scrutinized …Desalliers that the age-determination technique employed was the best available. Adamsbaum said she had looked at x-ray images of the witnesses-together with two other doctors, including Rey-Salmon-which the prosecution said…
Thomas Lubanga February 10, 2009September 2, 2020 by Tracey Gurd When Witnesses Change Their Stories…. …“legitimate practice” which “serves the interests of justice” especially for witnesses “who are testifying about traumatic events in an environment that can be entirely foreign and intimidating.” The ECCC appears…
Thomas Lubanga January 26, 2009September 2, 2020 by Tracey Gurd Welcome to LubangaTrial.org …during 2002 and 2003. This is the ICC’s first trial. We will be updating you daily on this trial from the courtroom, as well as providing regular legal analysis and…
Charles Taylor December 1, 2008March 5, 2014 by White & Case LLP Trial Report: November 2008 …but not medical records. The witness agreed that written medical records would have been the best form of record-keeping on patients treated within this period. In his April 22, 2004…
Charles Taylor November 21, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Mid-Morning Session: Cross-Examination of Expert Witness TF1-358 Continues …said that to the best of his knowlege, that was the case. Counsel asked the witness to describe the situation in Liberia in 1997. The witness said that there was…
Charles Taylor November 21, 2008March 5, 2014 by Alpha Sesay Morning Session: Cross-Examination of Expert Witness TF1-358 Continues …be testifying against Mr. Taylor. The witness disagreed with counsel. Counsel submitted the witness’s signed declaration that all he had said in his statements were correct to the best of…