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Former Liberian President Charles Taylor takes notes at the start of the judgement hearing of his trial on April 26, 2012 at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, based in Leidschendam outside The Hague.
Thursday, Apr. 26, 2012

Open quoteNot since Nuremberg has an international or hybrid war-crimes court issued a judgment against a current or former head of state.Close quote

  • ELISE KEPPLER,
  • senior counsel for Human Rights Watch, after a U.N.-backed court convicted former Liberian President Charles Taylor of aiding and abetting war crimes and crimes against humanity in Sierra Leone in the 1990s
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