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Case No. SCSL-2003-01-T THE PROSECUTOR OF THE SPECIAL COURT V. CHARLES GHANKAY TAYLOR THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2010 9.30 A.M. TRIAL TRIAL CHAMBER II Before the Judges: Justice Julia Sebutinde, Presiding Justice Richard Lussick Justice Teresa Doherty Justice El Hadji Malick Sow, Alternate For Chambers: Ms Erica Bussey For the Registry: Ms Rachel Irura Ms Zainab Fofanah For the Prosecution: Ms Brenda J Hollis Mr Nicholas Koumjian Ms Maja Dimitrova For the accused Charles Ghankay Mr Courtenay Griffiths QC Taylor: Mr Morris Anyah Mr Simon Chapman CHARLES TAYLOR Page 35995 25 FEBRUARY 2010 OPEN SESSION 1 Thursday, 25 February 2010 2 [Open session] 3 [The accused present] 4 [Upon commencing at 9.30 a.m.] 09:29:10 5 PRESIDING JUDGE: Good morning. We will take appearances, 6 please. 7 MR KOUMJIAN: Good morning, Madam President, your Honours, 8 counsel opposite. For the Prosecution this morning, Brenda J 9 Hollis, Maja Dimitrova and myself Nicolas Koumjian. 09:33:35 10 MR ANYAH: Good morning, Madam President. Good morning, 11 your Honours. Good morning, counsel opposite. Appearing for the 12 Defence this morning are Courtenay Griffiths QC and myself Morris 13 Anyah. Thank you. 14 MR GRIFFITHS: Madam President, can I raise a matter which 09:33:49 15 was brought to my notice by the Court Manager this morning. 16 Apparently Mr Taylor doesn't have access to LiveNote at the 17 moment. That really concerns me, because from our point of view 18 it's imperative that the defendant, of all people in this 19 courtroom, be able to follow the proceedings. -
SCSL Press Clippings
SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE OUTREACH AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE The IPAM team lifts the trophy in 6th annual Moot Court competition on international humanitarian law, sponsored by the Sierra Leone Red Cross, and backed by the Special Court. More photos’s from Friday’s Moot Court finals in today’s ‘Special Court Supplement’. PRESS CLIPPINGS Enclosed are clippings of local and international press on the Special Court and related issues obtained by the Outreach and Public Affairs Office as at: Tuesday, 8 June 2010 Press clips are produced Monday through Friday. Any omission, comment or suggestion, please contact Martin Royston-Wright Ext 7217 2 Local News Another Police Officer Killed / Awareness Times Page 3 International News ECOMOG Mobilized ULIMO Fighters To Fight Against Charles Taylor…/ CharlesTaylorTrial.org Pages 4-5 13th Defense Witness Agrees With Prosecutors…/ CharlesTaylorTrial.org Pages 6-7 Report from The Hague / BBC World Service Trust Page 8 'Family Talk' Heals Old Civil War Wounds in Rural Sierra Leone / Voice of America Pages 9-10 ICC Review Conference: Sierra Leone Adopts Kampala Declaration / The Patriotic Vanguard Page 11 US Genocide Lawyer Denied Bail / BBC Online Page 12 All Charges Against Ngirabatware Maintained / Hirondelle News Agency Page 13 Why International Criminal Court Needs More Than Time / BBC Online Pages 14-16 UNICEF Pressing to End Recruitment of Child Soldiers in Central Africa / Voice of America Page 17 Special Court Supplement Sixth Moot Court Finals, in Pictures Pages 18-19 3 Awareness Times Tuesday, 8 June 2010 4 CharlesTaylorTrial.org Monday, 7 June 2010 ECOMOG Mobilized ULIMO Fighters To Fight Against Charles Taylor in Liberia And To Attack AFRC/RUF In Sierra Leone, Former ULIMO Fighter Testifies Charles Taylor’s 15th defense witness commenced his testimony today, telling the Special Court for Sierra Leone judges that Nigerian led West African peacekeepers mobilized several fighters to attack Mr. -
Volume Xiv 1989 Number 1 Liberian Studies Journal -8
VOLUME XIV 1989 NUMBER 1 LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL I 10 °W 8 °W LIBERIA -8 °N 8 °N- MONSERRADO MARGIBI -6°N RIVER 6°N- MILES I I 0 50 MARYLAND Geography Department °W 10 8°W University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown 1 I Published by THE LIBERIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION, INC. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Cover map: compiled by William Kory, cartography work by Jodie Molnar; Geography Department, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor VOLUME XIV 1989 NUMBER 1 LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL Editor D. El wood Dunn The University of the South Associate Editor Similih M. Cordor Kennesaw College Book Review Editor Dalvan M. Coger Memphis State University EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Bertha B. Azango Lawrence B. Breitborde University of Liberia Beloit College Christopher Clapham Warren L. d'Azevedo Lancaster University University of Nevada Reno Joseph S. Guannu Thomas E. Hayden Cuttington University College Africa Faith and Justice Network Svend E. Holsoe J. Gus Liebenow University of Delaware Indiana University Corann Okorodudu Glassboro State College Edited at the Department of Political Science, The University of the South PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CONTENTS THE LIBERIAN REFINERY, A LOOK INSIDE A PARTIALLY "OPEN DOOR" ....................................................... 1 by Garland R. Farmer HARVEY S. FIRESTONE'S LIBERIAN INVESTMENT: 1922 -1932 .. 13 by Arthur J. Knoll LIBERIA AND ISRAEL: THE EVOLUTION OF A RELATIONSHIP 34 by Yekutiel Gershoni THE KRU COAST REVOLT OF 1915 -1916 ........................................... 51 by Jo Sullivan EUROPEAN INTERVENTION IN LIBERIA WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO THE "CADELL INCIDENT" OF 1908 -1909 . -
Africa and Liberia in World Politics
© COPYRIGHT by Chandra Dunn 2016 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED AFRICA AND LIBERIA IN WORLD POLITICS BY Chandra Dunn ABSTRACT This dissertation analyzes Liberia’s puzzling shift from a reflexive allegiance to the United States (US) to a more autonomous, anti-colonial, and Africanist foreign policy during the early years of the Tolbert administration (1971-1975) with a focus on the role played by public rhetoric in shaping conceptions of the world which engendered the new policy. For the overarching purpose of understanding the Tolbert-era foreign-policy actions, this study traces the use of the discursive resources Africa and Liberia in three foreign policy debates: 1) the Hinterland Policy (1900-05), 2) the creation of the Organization for African Unity (OAU) (1957- 1963), and finally, 3) the Tolbert administration’s autonomous, anti-colonial foreign policy (1971-1975). The specifications of Liberia and Africa in the earlier debates are available for use in subsequent debates and ultimately play a role in the adoption of the more autonomous and anti-colonial foreign policy. Special attention is given to the legitimation process, that is, the regular and repeated way in which justifications are given for pursuing policy actions, in public discourse in the United States, Europe, Africa, and Liberia. The analysis highlights how political opponents’ justificatory arguments and rhetorical deployments drew on publicly available powerful discursive resources and in doing so attempted to define Liberia often in relation to Africa to allow for certain courses of action while prohibiting others. Political actors claimed Liberia’s membership to the purported supranational cultural community of Africa. -
Liberian Studies Journal
2J VOLUME XXVI, 2001 Number 1 LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL LIBERIA 8°N B°N MONSERRADO MARSI B 66N 66N MILES 0 50 MARYLAN GuocrOphr Otporlinen1 10°W VW Urifirsity el Pillsque ilk al Jolmitava Published by THE LIBERIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION, INC. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL Editorial Policy The Liberian Studies Journal is dedicated to the publication of original research on social, political, economic, scientific, and other issues about Liberia or with implications for Liberia. Opinions of contributors to the Journal do not necessarily reflect the policy of the organizations they represent or the Liberian Studies Association, publishers of the Journal. Manuscript Requirements Manuscripts intended for consideration should not exceed 25 typewritten, double-spaced pages, with margins of one-and-a-half inches. The page limit includes graphs, references, tables and appendices. Authors must, in addition to their manuscripts, submit a computer disk of their work, preferably in WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. Notes and references should be placed at the end of the text with headings, e.g., Notes; References. Notes, if any, should precede the references. The Journal is published in June and December. Deadline for the first issue is February, and for the second, August. Manuscripts should include a title page that provides the title of the text, author's name, address, phone number, and affiliation. All works will be reviewed by anonymous referees. Manuscripts are accepted in English and French. Manuscripts must conform to the editorial style of either the Chicago Manual of Style (the preferred style), or the American Psychological Association (APA) or Modern Language Association (MLA). -
ECOWAS As Regional Peace Broker
ECOWAS as Regional Peace Broker Habiboulah Bakhoum 1. Introduction The idea for a West African community goes back to President William Tubman of Liberia, who made the call in 1964. A subsequent agreement was signed between Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in February 1965, but without any effect. In April 1972, General Gowon of Nigeria and General Eyadema of Togo re-launched the idea, made up draft proposals and toured 12 countries, from July to August 1973 asking support for their plan. A meeting was convened at Lomé from 10th-15th December 1973 to study a draft treaty. This treaty was then examined during a meeting of experts and jurists in Accra in January 1974, as well as by a ministerial meeting in Monrovia in January 1975. All this led to the signature of the treaty for an Economic Community of West African States (Treaty of Lagos) on 28th May 1975 by 15 West African coun- tries. The protocols launching ECOWAS were signed in Lomé, Togo on 5th November 1976. A revised ECOWAS Treaty designed to accelerate economic integration and to increase political co-operation, was signed in July 1993. ECOWAS has then been designated one of the five regional pillars of the African Economic Community (AEC). It signed in February 1998 the Protocol on Relations between the AEC and RECs (Regional Eco- nomic Communities) together with COMESA (Common Market for East and Southern Africa), ECCAS (Economic Community of Central Afri- can States), IGAD (Inter-Governmental Authority on Development) and SADC (Southern African Development Community). 69 2. -
Liberia: 1989-1997 Civil War, Post-War Developments, and U.S
Order Code RL30933 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Liberia: 1989-1997 Civil War, Post-War Developments, and U.S. Relations Updated December 31, 2003 Nicolas Cook Analyst in African Affairs Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress Liberia: 1989-1997 Civil War, Post-War Developments, and U.S. Relations Summary This report covers Liberia’s first civil conflict (1989-1997), post-war developments until roughly 2001, and the history of U.S.-Liberian relations and U.S. policy toward Liberia. Subsequent, more recent events are covered in CRS Report RS21525, Liberia: Transition to Peace. The modern Liberian state was founded by “Americo-Liberians,” black freemen and former slaves from the Americas who settled in Liberia beginning in 1821. State structure and society in contemporary Liberia reflect a blending of indigenous and Americo-Liberian cultural and political influences, but the latter historically exercised extensive control over Liberia’s economy and central government. Americo-Liberian rule persisted until December 1989, when after nearly a decade under the corrupt rule of Samuel K. Doe, who seized power in a 1980 coup, Liberia plunged into civil war. Factional conflict raged for 7 years, despite the signing of multiple peace agreements, the presence of U.N. observers, and the deployment of a regional intervention force dispatched by the Economic Community of West African States. The conflict caused between 150,000 and 200,000 deaths, and displaced much of the population. The warring factions committed numerous atrocities and forcibly enlisted thousands of children as fighters. Throughout the conflict, Congress and successive administrations provided humanitarian assistance for the Liberian people. -
State Building and Service Provision After Rebel Victory in Civil Wars
From Insurgent to Incumbent: State Building and Service Provision After Rebel Victory in Civil Wars The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters Citable link http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:40050154 Terms of Use This article was downloaded from Harvard University’s DASH repository, and is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material, as set forth at http:// nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:dash.current.terms-of- use#LAA From Insurgent to Incumbent: State Building and Service Provision after Rebel Victory in Civil Wars A dissertation presented by Kai Massey Thaler to The Department of Government in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the subject of Political Science Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts May 2018 © 2018 – Kai Massey Thaler All rights reserved. Dissertation Advisor: Kai Massey Thaler Professor Steven Levitsky From Insurgent to Incumbent: State Building and Service Provision after Rebel Victory in Civil Wars ABSTRACT How do rebel organizations govern when they gain control of an internationally recognized state? I advance an organization-level theory, arguing that ideology affects recruitment, socialization of fighters and followers, and group relations with civilians, creating path dependencies that carry over to shape post-victory state building and governance. I code rebel groups on a spectrum between two ideal types: programmatic and opportunistic. More programmatic organizations’ aims extend beyond power to socioeconomic and political transformation, spurring attempts to expand state reach over and through territory and society. -
Liberian Studies Journal
NUMBER 2 VOLUME XVI 1991 LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL 1 8 °W LIBERIA goN- _goN MONSERRADO GRAND BASSA MARGIBI 6 °N- -6 °N RIVER I MILES 1 1 T 0 50 MARYLAND Geography Department °W 8 °W at Johnstown l University of Pittsburgh (1 INC. Published by THE LIBERIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION, PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor Cover map: compiled by William Kory, cartography work by Jodie Molnar; Geography Department, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor VOLUME XVI 1991 NUMBER 2 LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL Editor D. Elwood Dunn The University of the South Associate Editor Similih M. Cordor Kennesaw College Book Review Editor Alfred B. Konuwa Butte College EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Bertha B. Azango Lawrence B. Breitborde University of Liberia Beloit College Christopher Clapham Warren L. d'Azevedo Lancaster University University of Nevada Reno Henrique F. Tokpa, Thomas E. Hayden Cuttington University College Society of African Missions Svend E. Holsoe J. Gus Liebenow University of Delaware Indiana University Corann Okorodudu Glassboro State College Edited at the Department of Political Science, The University of the South The Editors and Advisory Board gratefully acknowledge the contributions of The University of the South (particularly the Office of Print Services Staff) in the production of the Journal. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor CONTENTS ABOUT LANDSDELL CHRISTIE: AMERICAN PIONEER IN LIBERIA, LIBERIAN IRON ORE MAGNATE IN AMERICA by Garland R. Farmer ...................................................................... 1 FIRESTONE'S LABOR POLICY, 1924 -1939 by Arthur J. -
The Liberian Conflict and the ECOWAS- UN Partnership
ThirdWorld Quarterly, Vol 18, No 3, pp 471± 488, 1997 TheLiberian con¯ ict andthe ECOWAS±UNpartnership CLEMENT EADIBE Theinternationalisation of theLiberian con¯ ict is aresultmainly of twofactors. The® rst is thebeleaguered attempt by Liberia’ s neighbours,acting under the aegisof theEconomic Community of WestAfrican States ( ECOWAS),toprevent theregional spread of thecon¯ ict through direct political and military interven- tion.1 Thesecond is thedecision by the United Nations (UN), following the euphoricreception of AnAgenda for Peace in1992, to demonstrate global supportfor ` theefforts of the people of Liberia to establish peace in their country’ .2 Thusinternationalised, the Liberian con¯ ict set thestage for an experimentin international politics. For the ® rst timeever, ` theUnited Nations wouldundertake a majorpeace-keeping operation with another organisation, in thiscase asubregionalorganisation¼ ’ . 3 TheLiberian case providesa useful empiricalbasis forevaluating the idea of task-sharing between the United Nationsand regional arrangementsÐ and by extension with the non- governmentalorganisations ( NGOs) discussedlater in this issueÐ in accordance withthe spirit of Article 33 of the UN Charter. Accordingly, this article evaluatesthe effectiveness of the ECOWAS±UNpartnershipin responding adequatelyto thecon¯ ict in Liberia,by answering three critical questions: what led to the ECOWAS±UNpartnership in Liberia? What was thenature of the partnership?What lessons maybe drawn from this pioneering partnership? ECOWAS failure andUN involvement TheUnited Nations was invitedto join the search-for-peace effort in Liberia only after ECOWAS hadfailed to make any appreciable progress towards con¯ ict resolution.According to David Wippman, attempts made in 1990 to place the Liberiancrisis onthe Security Council’ s agendafailed, ` inpart because of oppositionby CoÃted’ Ivoire,(and because the Council’ s members sharedthe US viewthat the problem should be solved by Africans’ . -
US Covert and Overt Operations in Liberia, 1970S to 2003
ASPJ Africa & Francophonie - 3rd Quarter 2014 US Covert and Overt Operations in Liberia, 1970s to 2003 NIELS HAHN, PHD* Introduction and Background ith support from the US Navy, the American Colonization Soci- ety founded Liberia as an American colony in 1822 with the in- tention of sending rebellious blacks who were formerly slaves “back to Africa.”1 To reduce the administration cost of the colony and limit the responsibility of the US government (USG), Liberia was granted independence in 1847.2 The constitution was written at Harvard University, and W 3 the flag adopted was similar to that of the United States but with only one star. Although Liberia had all of the outward features of an independent state, the American Colonization Society and the USG de facto governed it indirectly. As former research director and president of the US Foreign Policy Association Ray- mond Leslie Buell puts it, Liberia survived “through visits of United States war- ships to Liberian ports and through more urbane gestures, the United States has posted a keep-off-the-grass sign on Liberian soil.”4 Liberia became a foothold of the USG in Africa during European colonial- ism, a place from where it could project its interests into other parts of the conti- nent. In 1926 the Firestone Company established one of the world’s largest rub- ber plantations in Liberia as a response to the British rubber monopoly.5 In the following decades, the USG put in place a number of military facilities such as a deep-sea port, an airport, and numerous military bases and training camps. -
Liberian Studies Journal
VOLUME XXV 2000 Number 1 LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL Published by THE LIBERIAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION, INC. PDF compression, OCR, web optimization using a watermarked evaluation copy of CVISION PDFCompressor LIBERIAN STUDIES JOURNAL Editorial Policy The Liberian Studies Journal is dedicated to the publication of original research on social, political, economic, scientific, and other issues about Liberia or with implications for Liberia. Opinions of contributors to the Journal do not necessarily reflect the policy of the organizations they represent or the Liberian Studies Association, publishers of the Journal. Manuscript Requirements Manuscripts intended for consideration should not exceed 25 typewritten, double-spaced pages, with margins of one-and-a-half inches. The page limit includes graphs, references, tables and appendices. Authors must, in addition to their manuscripts, submit a computer disk of their work, preferably in WordPerfect 6.1 for Windows. Notes and references should be placed at the end of the text with headings, e.g., Notes; References. Notes, if any, should precede the references. The Journal is published in June and December. Deadline for the first issue is February, and for the second, August. Manuscripts should include a title page that provides the title ofthe text, author's name, address, phone number, and affiliation. All works will be reviewed by anonymous referees. Manuscripts are accepted in English and French. Manuscripts must conform to the editorial style of either the Chicago Manual of Style (the preferred style), or the American Psychological Association (APA) or Modern Language Association (MLA). All manuscripts intended for consideration should be mailed to: Amos J. Beyan, Editor; Liberian Studies Journal; Department of History; West Virginia University; 221E Woodburn Hall; Morgantown, West Virginia 26506-6306.