Taylor war crimes trial venue shift resolution [UN Security Council] News
Taylor war crimes trial venue shift resolution [UN Security Council]

Resolution 1688 (2006), UN Security Council, June 16, 2006 [authorizing the pending war crimes trial of ex-Liberian president Charles Taylor to be shifted from the facilities of the Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown, Sierra Leone, to the facilities of the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands]. Read the full text of the resolution. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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On February 3, 1930, Chief Justice William Howard Taft, former President of the United States, resigned from the United States Supreme Court for health reasons. He died 5 weeks later. Learn more about the life and career(s) of William Howard Taft and review his complex medical history.

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