Statement by the Federal Government of Nigeria - Former President Charles Taylor to be Transferred to the Custody of the Government of Liberia, March 25, 2006. Text:On March 5th, 2006, a formal request was sent to President Olusegun Obasanjo by...
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Taylor war crimes prosecutor hails promised Nigerian handover to Liberia
The former UN Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone who signed the indictment of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor in 2003 Saturday hailed Nigeria's promise to hand over the former warlord ,...
BREAKING NEWS ~ Nigeria to hand over war crimes indictee Taylor to Liberia
The Nigerian government said Saturday that it would allow the transfer of ex-Liberia president and fugitive war crimes indictee Charles Taylor to Liberian authorities. According to a statement: "President Olusegun Obasanjo has today, 25 March, informed...
UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel said Thursday that the UN is ready to begin final negotiations on the establishment of an international tribunal to try suspects in the February 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik...
Liberia president seeks decision from African leaders on Taylor trial
In an effort to bring closure to the contentious issue of the fate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor , Liberia's new president Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf on Tuesday called on African leaders to decide whether to place Taylor...
JURIST Guest Columnist David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, now at Syracuse University College of Law, says it's time for Nigeria to hand over former Liberian president Charles Taylor for trial on war crimes...
Move to put ex-Liberia president Taylor on trial should serve as warning: UN prosecutor
The latest effort to put former Liberian President Charles Taylor on trial for crimes against humanity at the Special Court for Sierra Leone should be seen as a warning to the "world's...
Liberia seeks Nigerian handover of ex-president Taylor on war crimes charges
Liberia has formally asked the Nigerian government to transfer former Liberian President Charles Taylor so that he can face war crimes charges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone . Liberia's transfer request...
A Death in The Hague: The Milosevic Trial and the Rule of Law
JURIST Guest Columnists Henry King, Jr., a former prosecutor for the Nuremberg war crimes tribunal now at Case Western Law School, and David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone now at Syracuse University College of...
Nigeria lawyers strike to protest government disregard of court judgments
Nigerian lawyers have begun a two-day boycott of the country's courts in protest at what they say is "failure of the government to comply with court orders and the violation of human rights." Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) ...