Dear Readers,
This is a quick note to let you know that there will be slight delays for the coming week in posting comments. I will have less regular access to the internet while I am travelling — but I will be trying to ensure that comments are posted at least once or twice each day. [...]
February
26
2010
Slight Delays In Publishing Comments For The Coming Week
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February
2
2010
An Update: What Is Our Policy For Comments?
Hi readers,
Thanks for your patience as we worked to clarify our policy on posting readers’ comments.
Our goal in inviting readers to comment here is to provide a forum for discussion about the rule of law with this trial being a catalyst. We want to make the operations of the trial less opaque and more accessible as [...]
January
12
2010
Still working on it……….
Readers,
A note to let you know we are working hard to get you a report on yesterday’s proceedings. We are waiting on a transcript to cross-check our report and will post it as soon as we can. Again, our deep apologies for the lateness caused by technical problems yesterday.
Thanks, as always, for your understanding and [...]
January
12
2010
Oh no…….
Well, folks, I have some very bad news. It seems that the technical difficulties beat us today and we are unable to post today’s update. For that, I am profusely sorry – I know everyone has been waiting anxiously to hear what happened as we have been counting down until this first day back.
This is [...]
January
10
2010
The countdown: Only one more day to go…….
Welcome back everybody!
Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes the stand again tomorrow, as prosecutors gear up to continue grilling him on his four-month-long testimony.
We’ll be listening closely as Mr. Taylor responds to the prosecution’s challenges, and watching how the trial judges manage the courtroom and the documents that the Prosecution intends to use. The coming [...]
October
29
2009
Welcome back, readers
Dear readers,
Welcome back to this first week of trial after the recess. It is great to see the conversation picking up again about the issues emerging during Mr. Taylor’s testimony.
I’m just taking this opportunity, now that we have all come back fresh from the court’s break, to remind everyone of our policy on this site: [...]
October
1
2009
Charles Taylor Trial In Recess Until October 26
Today was the last day of trial for three weeks while the Special Court for Sierra Leone goes on recess.
The presiding judge, Justice Richard Lussick, today said that the trial will take a recess as of end of working day tomorrow and will resume on Monday October 26 2009 at 9:30AM. The recess, Justice Lussick [...]
September
2
2009
Update on Liberia Outreach
Dear readers,
A little while ago, one of our readers, Harris K Johnson, asked us to check with Solomon Moriba, the Special Court’s Hague-based press and outreach officer, about which “radio and television stations in Liberia that he sent raw footage and audio-visual summaries to for screening.”
Kindly, Mr. Moriba, has given us this information – he [...]
August
17
2009
Special Report on Rule 98 Pleadings in the Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor: Defense Motion for Acquittal on Basis of Insufficient Evidence
Overview
April 2009 marked the halfway point in the case of Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). Pursuant to Rule 98 of the SCSL Rules of Procedure and Evidence, Trial Chamber II heard oral submissions from the parties on a motion for acquittal brought by Counsel for the [...]
