The Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor, Appeals Chamber, Special Court for Sierra Leone, May 29, 2006 [dismissing a defense challenge to a prosecutor's motion to move the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands because such motions for venue shift are part of the administrative functions of the president of the SCSL and are not matters for the appeals chamber of the court to resolve]. Read the full text of the decision [PDF]. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.
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