Special Court for Sierra Leone

		Veredicto Charles Taylor se convierte en el primer Jefe de estado condenado como culpable de crimenes de guerra y crimenes contra la humanidad por un Tribunal Internacional Penal. Prosecutor v. Charles Taylor (Apr. 26, 2012) Charles Ghankay Taylor, the former President of Liberia, was convicted on April 26, 2012, on eleven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the eleven-year civil war in Sierra Leone. Specifically, Taylor was convicted for acts of terrorism, murder, rape, sexual slavery, outrages upon personal dignity, cruel treatment, inhumane acts (including mutilations and amputations), recruitment, enlistment and use of child soldiers, enslavement, and pillage. According to the Court’s press release, “Taylor is the first head of state to be indicted, tried and convicted by an international tribunal.” The Court ruled that Taylor was individually criminally responsible for crimes committed by rebel forces during the war because as President of Liberia, he was in a position of “superior responsibility,” and he “exercis[ed] command and control over subordinate members of rebel forces.” Taylor was indicted in March 2003 while he was still President of Liberia. He was transferred to the Court in March 2006. A sentencing hearing has been scheduled to take place on May 16, 2012, and the sentencing judgment will be delivered on May 30, 2012.