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Sweden passes law that could authorize custody of Taylor after war crimes trial
The Swedish Riksdag has approved a law that could allow the country to incarcerate former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] if he is convicted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) , government officials sa (More) |
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Charles Taylor trial venue change ruling [SCSL]
The Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor, Appeals Chamber, Special Court for Sierra Leone, May 29, 2006 . Read the full text of the decision . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Sierra Leone war crimes court rejects Taylor challenge to venue change
Justice George Gelaga King, newly-elected president of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) , has dismissed a defense challenge to a prosecutor’s motion to move the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST (More) |
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Three charged with plotting to free ex-Liberia president Taylor granted bail
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 (More) |
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Sierra Leone war crimes court prosecutor resigns with Taylor trial pending
The British lawyer serving as chief prosecutor for the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone , the West African war crimes court that will try recently-captured ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor for war crimes and crimes against humanity, ann (More) |
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Denmark declines request to take custody of Taylor after trial
Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Moeller 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 by the S (More) |
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Taylor sought as defense witness in Dutch arms-trafficking case
Former president of Liberia Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] is being requested to testify at the trial of a Dutch timber trader indicted for facilitating the import of weapons to Liberia in exchange for timber, a violation of a UN (More) |
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Taylor could go to Denmark after war crimes trial
Efforts to identify a country willing to take in former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] after his war crimes trial at The Hague are now focused on Denmark, according to diplomats speaking on the condition of anon (More) |
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Sweden says it cannot incarcerate Taylor without changing laws
A spokesman for the Swedish Foreign Ministry told AFP Thursday that under its current legal structure, Sweden would not be able to incarcerate former Liberian President Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURIST news archive] following his war crimes tria (More) |
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Liberia group pushing for national war crimes court
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 preside (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.
