Tag Archives: Special Court

Quote/unquote: ‘The ownership of the land is the real power.’

19th
Feb. × ’10

A little scrap from Charles Taylor’s redirect this week that I thought worth yanking out of the court transcript. Charles Taylor discussing the origins of his honorific “Dah Kpannah,” (which translates roughly to “first among elders”): This brought to mind a wonderful piece in the Christian Science Monitor that my friend Glenna had a hand [...]

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Justice: Playing the Clock at the Special Court for Sierra Leone

26th
Aug. × ’09

Stephen Rapp, the most recent prosecutor seeking to convict Charles Taylor before the Special Court for Sierra Leone at the Hague is leaving for a new job: “In July, I was nominated by President Barack Obama to be United States Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues.   The nomination has now been confirmed by the US [...]

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