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- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Financiers and Profiteers after World War II
- Part II Arms Fairs and ‘Flying Money’
- Part III Developing the Available Law
- Part IV Where Should the Buck Stop?
- 10 Charles Taylor Inc.: Lessons from the Trial of a President, Businessman and Warlord
- 11 A Different Type of Aid
- 12 Aiding and Abetting and Causation in the Commission of International Crimes
- Part V Criminal Accountability and Beyond
- Part VI Discovering and Recovering the Profits of War
- Index
10 - Charles Taylor Inc.: Lessons from the Trial of a President, Businessman and Warlord
from Part IV - Where Should the Buck Stop?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 September 2020
- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- The International Criminal Responsibility of War’s Funders and Profiteers
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Part I Financiers and Profiteers after World War II
- Part II Arms Fairs and ‘Flying Money’
- Part III Developing the Available Law
- Part IV Where Should the Buck Stop?
- 10 Charles Taylor Inc.: Lessons from the Trial of a President, Businessman and Warlord
- 11 A Different Type of Aid
- 12 Aiding and Abetting and Causation in the Commission of International Crimes
- Part V Criminal Accountability and Beyond
- Part VI Discovering and Recovering the Profits of War
- Index
Summary
Charles Taylor was President of Liberia between 1997 and 2003, trader in arms, timber and minerals and initiator of the first phase of the Liberian civil war. He is currently serving a fifty year prison sentence for his involvement in war crimes and crimes against humanity during the armed conflict in Sierra Leone. This chapter examines how the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) established the linkage between Taylor as a high level economic actor in Liberia and international crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone through modes of liability, in particular aiding and abetting. Further, in view of Taylor's position as head of State for most of the period covered by the SCSL indictment and the nature of groups such as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), issues of State and organizational responsibility are addressed, including the reasons for prioritising individual criminal responsibility. Finally, the chapter considers the findings and recommendations of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission concerning the role of economic actors and economic activities in contributing to, and benefiting from the armed conflict in Liberia.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020