The United Nations human rights chief yesterday welcomed the guilty verdict handed down against former Liberian President Charles Taylor as a “major milestone in” the development of international justice. “It is important to recognise that Taylor may appeal the verdict, and
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Charles Taylor Found Guilty
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) has found Charles Ghankay Taylor guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in connection with 11 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including terror, murder, rape, and conscripting child soldiers. Taylor became President of Liberia in 1997. He was…
Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison?
Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison? by Deepa Fernandes and Abdulai Bah January 31, 2012 tells what happened to one deportee from the United States. In 2007, Moriba Kamara came to the…
Three Women Share the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize
The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2011 is to be divided in three equal parts between Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman. The women are being recognized “for their non-violent struggle for the safety of…
Seventh Circuit Says Corporations Can Be Liable Under ATS
Last week, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held that corporations can be liable for violations of customary international law under the Alien Tort Statute. The decision in the case of Flomo v. Firestone is at odds…
Another Decision of Interest on the Alien Tort Statute: Flomo v. Firestone (7th Cir.)
Hot on the heels of last week’s D.C. Circuit decision on corporate liability under the Alien Tort Statute, the Seventh Circuit issued a decision today in Flomo v. Firestone Natural Rubber Co. (No. 10-3675). The opinion by Judge Richard Posner…
Côte d’Ivoire’s Outgoing President will be Personally Accountable for Deaths and Violence
NY Times Magazine: The Women’s Empowerment Issue
This week's New York Times Magazine is titled, "The Women's Empowerment Issue." The many articles include:D.I.Y. Foreign-Aid Revolution, by Nicholas D. Kristof (featuring a woman who invented an inexpensive sanitary pad made out of banana fibers…
UN Security Council Extends Sanctions on Côte d’Ivoire
Declaring the situation in Côte d’Ivoire a continuing threat to international peace, the Security Council today extended until the end of next April the weapons, financial and travel sanctions on a country split between a Government-controlled south and rebel-held north…
Actress Mia Farrow to Testify at Special Court for Sierra Leone
The actress and humanitarian activist Mia Farrow is set to give evidence on Monday about blood diamonds that are the current focus of testimony at the ongoing trial of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor at the Special Court for…