Liberia: Taylor Appeal Set Down for January

The Special Court for Sierra Leone in the Hague has pushed forward the oral hearing of appeals in the case of former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

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  • Sierra Leone:  Taylor Appeal Set Down for January

    Hirondelle News Agency, 17 December 2012

    The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has rescheduled to January 22 and 23, 2013 the oral hearing of appeals in the case of former Liberian President ... read more »

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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor.

  • Sierra Leone:  Taylor Appeals Hearing Postponed

    The New Dawn, 7 December 2012

    Judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone Wednesday postponed the appeals hearing in the case of ex-president Charles Taylor. read more »

  • Liberia:  Taylor Appeal Postponed

    CharlesTaylorTrial.org, 5 December 2012

    Today, judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone postponed the appeals hearing in the case of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. read more »

  • Liberia:  Taylor's Case - More Questions Than Answers, As Legal Expert Wants an Independent Commission Set Up

    The New Republic Liberia, 12 October 2012

    Chambers of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, few days after his "controversial guilty verdict." Controversial because it was without opposition as Alternate Judge El ... read more »

  • Sierra Leone:  Court Gives Taylor Deadline for Appeal Submissions

    The New Dawn, 22 August 2012

    The UN backed special court for Sierra Leone has given ex-President Charles Taylor October 1, 2012 as the deadline to file his submission months after his lawyers filed a notice of ... read more »

  • Liberia:  Taylor Wants Appeal Judges Removed

    The New Dawn, 13 August 2012

    Lawyers representing ex-president Charles Taylor have filed a motion requesting the voluntary withdrawal or disqualification of Appeals Chamber judges from his (Taylor's) appeals ... read more »

  • Liberia:  Taylor Appeals

    New Democrat, 23 July 2012

    Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor has appealed against his conviction and 50-year jail sentence, intended to be served in a British jail, after he was convicted of war crimes ... read more »

  • Sierra Leone:  Both Charles Taylor and Prosecution to Appeal

    CharlesTaylorTrial.org, 20 July 2012

    Prosecution and Defense teams in the case of convicted former president of Liberia Charles Taylor will appeal various aspects of the judgment and sentence delivered by the Trial ... read more »

  • Liberia:  Taylor Formally Files Appeals

    The New Dawn, 20 July 2012

    Former President Charles Taylor has formally filed an appeal against his conviction and 50-year jail sentence for war crimes committed in Sierra Leone, the UN backed Special Court ... read more »



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  • gloing81
    Dec 18 2012, 07:26

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  • gorglatom
    Oct 16 2012, 06:28

    After Iraq 1, Iraq 2 and Afghanistan,taking in Abugraib, Guantanamo and Bagrahm airforce Base on to the socalled "Arab spring" via tunisia, Libya and now Syria, IS THERE ANYTHING LEFT THAT MAY BE REMOTELY CALLED "INTERNATIONAL LAW? THE U.N. BACKED SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA lEONE IS BY ALL ACCOUNTS ILLEGAL. THE UNITED NATIONS IS LOOSING TONS OF CREDIBILITY DAILY AS A RESULT OF THE TAYLOR TRIAL. THE USA AND BRITAIN INCLUDING OTHER WESTERN BACKERS OF THE U.N. SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE ARE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY.