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Jeremy Waiser was the Special Assistant to the Prosecutor at the Special Court for Sierra Leone from late 2006 through early 2010. He is currently in Kazakhstan acting as a consultant on the rule of law. Prior to this he was the Foreign Policy Advisor to Michael Ignatieff, former Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. He has also worked as an attorney at the firm of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP in New York and as a Human Rights Official with the United Nations in Cambodia.

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Taylor 2012: A Historic Day for International Justice

(0) Comments | Posted April 26, 2012 | 11:02 AM

Today was judgment day for Charles Taylor, the former President of Liberia. Judges delivered the verdict in his trial for atrocities committed by rebel groups under his command in neighboring Sierra Leone during its 10-year civil war in the 1990s.

The fact that Taylor was found guilty at the Special...

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