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Liberia truth commission delegates recommend war crimes tribunal
Delegates to Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) have recommended that a war crimes court be established to try individuals accused of committing atrocities during the country's 1989-2003 civil war. Thirteen representatives (More) |
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Sierra Leone war crimes court denies Taylor motion to acquit
Judges for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] on Monday rejected a motion for acquittal of all charges filed by lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST news archive (More) |
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Liberia ex-president Taylor seeks acquittal in war crimes case
Defense lawyers for former Liberian president Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST news archive] on Monday filed a Rule 98 motion for acquittal following the close of the prosecution's case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [offic (More) |
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ICC arrest warrant for Sudan's Al Bashir has both humanitarian and strategic consequences
J. Peter Pham [Director, Nelson Institute for International and Public Affairs at James Madison University]: "The decision of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week to issue a warrant of arrest for Sudan's P (More) |
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Liberia ex-president may go free due to budget constraints on war crimes court
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] prosecutor Stephen Rapp has told Reuters that lack of court funds due to the global economic downturn may require the release of former Liberian President Charles Taylor (More) |
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Liberia ex-president Taylor verdict expected in 2010: SCSL prosecutor
Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) [official website; JURIST news archive] prosecutor Stephen Rapp said Monday that a verdict in the war crimes case against former Liberian President Charles Taylor [case materials; JURIST new (More) |
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Liberia truth commission to call for creation of war crimes court
Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) [official website; JURIST news archive] member John Stewart said Saturday that the commission will recommend the creation of a special tribunal to hear cases against those suspected of war crimes du (More) |
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Son of Liberia ex-leader Taylor sentenced to 97 years in US prison for torture
The son of a former president of Liberia now on trial at The Hague for crimes against humanity was sentenced to a 97-year jail term in the US Friday by US District Court for the Southern District of Florida for committing torture in Liberia. Char (More) |
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Applying the Rule of Law to All Heads of State
JURIST Guest Columnist Peter Erlinder of William Mitchell College of Law, says that the recent conviction of "Chuckie" Taylor suggests that President-elect Obama has a chance to demonstrate, by example, what the Rule of Law and "equality before (More) |
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US jury convicts son of Liberia ex-president of torture
A jury for the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida on Thursday found Charles McArthur Emmanuel, son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , guilty of charges that he was involved in torture and other crimes in Liberia betw (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.
