Charles Taylor
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • November 23, 2012
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Sierra Leone re-elected Ernest Bai Koroma president against eight other candidates in a calm, orderly vote held on Nov. 17 with results announced Nov. 23, after ballots were counted. The election marks an important step for the country to continue its…
- Categories: Africa, Child Soldiers, Peace and Security
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • April 30, 2012
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The International Criminal Court‘s judgment against the warlord Thomas Lubanga for conscripting child soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo has confirmed that “a permanent international criminal court is on the job,” Stephen Rapp, ambassador at large for the…
- Categories: Child Soldiers, ICC, International Justice
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- Irwin Arieff
- • April 24, 2012
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Charles Taylor, the former Liberian president, displayed a talent for troublemaking from a young age. Convicted on April 26 by a United Nations-backed tribunal for numerous counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Taylor appears to have kept…
- Categories: BOOKS, Child Soldiers