Charles Taylor: Q&A on The Case of Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone

The Special Court indicted Taylor on March 7, 2003 on 17 counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international law for his role in supporting Sierra Leonean rebel groups during that country’s armed conflict. The Taylor judgment will be a watershed moment for efforts to hold the highest-level leaders to account through a credible judicial process. I.The Trial of Charles Taylor at the Special Court 1. Who is Charles Taylor? 2. Why are the Taylor trial and the upcoming judgment significant? 3. What are the charges…

Read complete article

~	Students on the frontline: South Africa and the US share a history of protest against white supremacy

~	World News in Brief: Rights abuses in Ethiopia must end, El Fasher crisis update, UN stands with Niger

~	Europe’s far-right wants to win over unhappy farmers

~	Genocide prevention adviser warns of global threat posed by hate speech

~	Will we really die from minor scratches in the future? – Q&A with antibiotic resistance expert

~	Europe’s far-right wants to be the farmers’ choice

~	Apple insists its ChatGPT tie-up will protect users’ privacy: here are the questions it must answer first

~	Khorasan: why many Afghanistan citizens are pushing back against the term’s association with terrorism

~	What Frederick Douglass learned from an Irish antislavery activist: ‘Agitate, agitate, agitate’

~	Egypt: Release protesters and activists detained over Palestine solidarity