Miss Campbell’s No Rough Diamond!
On 20 May, the Prosecution claimed that the anticipated testimony of Miss Naomi Campbell concerned a central issue in the trial of Charles Taylor, namely his “possession of rough diamonds”.
Dressed impeccably and traditionally late, Miss Campbell appeared in The Hague today to testify as a Prosecution witness in the SCSL trial [...]
Judge Antonio Cassese, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, has said in an interview with Lebanon’s The Daily Star that “Prosecutor Bellemare announced that he is likely to issue an indictment between and September and December of this year.”
Cassese did not have any information about the potential indictees or the details of Bellemare’s investigation. [...]
On the 26 October 2009, the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (‘SCSL’) rendered its Judgment in the case against Messrs Sesay, Kallon and Gbao (RUF).
Let us recall the words of Guenael Mettraux earlier this week in his piece entitled “Joint Criminal Enterprise’ has Grown another Tentacle”:
A wise Judge once said that [...]
The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Appeals Chamber upheld sentences for three former RUF leaders on October 26. Former RUF Interim Leader Issa Hassan Sesay and Senior RUF Commander Morris Kallon were each convicted in February 2009 on 16 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for atrocities committed during Sierra Leone’s decade-long [...]
By Alexis Orenstein.
Charles Taylor took the stand for the third day today in the trial against him in the Special Court for Sierra Leone (hosted at the ICC). From the outset, he has maintained his innocence, and on the stand said that:
“It is quite incredible that such descriptions of me would come about – very, [...]