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Sierra Leone war crimes court upholds sentences of former guerilla leaders
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday upheld the convictions of three former rebel leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) , in what is to be the final proceedings of the Freetown-based (More) |
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The ICC and the Middle East: A Needed Relationship
JURIST Special Guest Columnist Sam Sasan Shoamanesh, a legal adviser with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague and co-founder and Associate Editor of Global Brief, Canada's first international affairs magazine, says that in order f (More) |
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Risky Business: An International Tribunal for Guantanamo Detainees?
JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that the notion of setting up a special international tribunal to try Guantanamo detainees - most recently floated in an op-ed in the New York Times - is not as promi (More) |
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Liberia ex-president Taylor takes stand denying war crimes allegations
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST news archive] on Tuesday denied war crimes allegations while testifying for the first time at his trial in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) . Taylor faces 11 counts of crime (More) |
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Liberia ex-president Taylor begins defense against war crimes charges
Former Liberian president Charles Taylor began his defense Monday against war crimes charges that include 11 counts of crimes against humanity, violations of the Geneva Conventions, and other violations of international humanitarian law. Taylor&# (More) |
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Obama nominates international prosecutor as ambassador for war crimes issues
US President Barack Obama announced Tuesday his intent to nominate war crimes prosecutor Stephen Rapp as Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues. In this position, Rapp will head the Office of War Crimes Issues at the US Department of State , c (More) |
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Taylor trial at Sierra Leone war crimes court could take 4 years: prosecution
The prosecution warned the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] Monday that the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST news archive] at The Hague could take four years to co (More) |
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Liberia truth commission recommends 30-year ban on president holding office
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf should be subject to public sanctions, including a 30-year ban on holding public office, for her role in supporting the country's 1997-2003 civil wars, according to a final report released Monday by the (More) |
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Liberia truth commission urges war crimes prosecutions in special court
Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) urged Thursday that several one-time military and political leaders be prosecuted in a special Liberian court for war crimes. Those named include ex-president Charles Taylor [BBC profile; JURI (More) |
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Tyrants, Dictators, and Thugs: Fearing the Bogeyman
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law and Founding Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone from 2002 to 2005 says that in responding to post-electoral unrest Iran's Supreme Leader is utilizin (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.
