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Sierra Leone war crimes court convicts two former militia leaders
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) convicted two former leaders of Sierra Leone's Civil Defense Forces militia Thursday, finding Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa guilty on four counts of "murder, cruel treatment, pillage, and co (More) |
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Taylor gets new defense team in war crimes trial
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] has obtained a new legal team for former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; SCSL case materials], appointing on Tuesday Courtenay Griffiths, QC as lead co (More) |
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Liberia moves to seize Taylor assets
The Liberian government has submitted a draft bill to the country's legislature which, if approved, would authorize the government to seek foreign assistance in "tracking, freezing, and confiscating the funds, properties, and assets" o (More) |
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UK signs Taylor imprisonment deal with Sierra Leone war crimes court
The United Kingdom and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] signed an agreement Tuesday formalizing a British commitment to imprison former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news arc (More) |
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Taylor allocated $100,000 monthly for defense against war crimes charges
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] has increased to approximately $100,000 a month the funds available for former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] to defend himself i (More) |
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Federal judge upholds torture charges against son of former Liberian president Taylor
US District Judge Cecilia Altonaga upheld torture charges [indictment, PDF; JURIST report] Thursday against the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, Charles McArthur Emmanuel , rejecting Emmanuel's argument that a federal anti-tortur (More) |
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Taylor war crimes trial delayed to give new defense team time to prepare
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] formally suspended the trial against former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; SCSL case materials] Monday, ordering the prosecution to resume its case o (More) |
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UN urges continued donations for Sierra Leone war crimes court
The United Nations Security Council called for continued international financial support of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] Thursday. The 15-member group also welcomed the start of the tri (More) |
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Prosecution, defense seek further delays in Taylor war crimes trial
Both the prosecution and the defense requested additional delays Thursday in the war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive]. Lawyers say they need more time to prepare for the first witness, who (More) |
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Justice for Freetown: The Sierra Leone War Crimes Verdicts
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law, former Chief Prosecutor for the UN Special Court for Sierra Leone, says that the first guilty verdicts handed down by the court for the leaders of the Armed Forces Revoluti (More) |
US suffragists formed Equal Rights Party, named Presidential candidate
On September 20, 1884, a group of American suffragists formed the Equal Rights Party in San Francisco, dedicated to "equal and exact justice to every class of our citizens, without distinction of color, sex, or nationality" and in support of the proposition that "the laws of the several states be so amended that women will be recognized as voters, and their property-rights made equal with that of the male population, to the end that they may become self-supporting - rather than a dependent class."
Read the full text of the first platform of the Equal Rights Party.
The party immediately nominated Mrs. Belva Lockwood for US President and Marietta Snow for Vice-President. Grover Cleveland won that election, but Lockwood was included in a number of presidential primaries, and is recorded to have won some 4149 votes from the male voters of the time.
