Charles Taylor

Charles Ghankay Taylor () adalah pemimpin Liberia yang menjadi Presiden Liberia ke-22. Ia mulai menjabat pada 2 Agustus 1997 hingga 11 Agustus 2003. Ia menghadapi 11 tuntutan, antara lain mendukung pemberontakan dalam perang saudara di Sierra Leone yang berlangsung selama satu dekade. Setelah ditangkap, ia menghadapi pengadilan bentukan PBB di Sierra Leone. Penanganan kejahatan dilakukan di Den Haag (Belanda).

Pada tanggal 4 Juni 2007, ia mengacaukan awal peradilan kejahatan perangnya dengan memboikot proses pembahasan kasusnya dan memecat pengacaranya."Taylor boycotts his war crimes trial", Yahoo, diakses Juni 2007

 Referensi 
 The Liberian Civil War by Mark Huband, 1998
 "The Mysterious Death of a Fugitive". The Perspective. Atlanta, Georgia May 7, 2003 
 Hirsch, John L. "Sierra Leone: Diamonds and the Struggle for Democracy". Boulder, Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2001
 Polgreen, Lydia. "Nigeria Says Ex-President of Liberia Has Disappeared". The New York Times. 29 March 2006. 
 "Charles Taylor jailed in Sierra Leone". CBC News, 29 March 2006. 
 de Silva, Desmond, QC, Chief Prosecutor, Special Court for Sierra Leone. "Chief Prosecutor Announces the Arrival of Charles Taylor at the Special Court". Press Release from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, 29 March 2006.  
 Sizemore, Bill. "Robertson, Liberian Leader Hope to Strike Gold in Coastal Africa." The Virginian-Pilot. 2 June 1999. (Copy found at .)

 Referensi 

 Pranala luar 

  BBC profile of Charles Taylor
  Charles Taylor legal news and resources,JURIST
  Handing Over Charles Taylor: It's Time, JURIST (op-ed by David Crane, former Chief Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone who signed the indictment for Charles Taylor)
  Nigeria agrees to hand Taylor over to Liberia
  Wanted Liberian ex-president disappears (Reuters)
  "Charles Taylor: A wanted man", CNN, March 29, 2006.
  Special Court for Sierra Leone
  The trial of Charles Taylor - TRIAL WATCH 
  Charles Taylor on Trial  U.S. Institute of Peace, April 7, 2006 (Audio)

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