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IMMUNITY OF HEADS OF STATE: SOME CRITICAL REMARKS ON THE DECISION OF THE SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE IN THE CHARLES TAYLOR CASE

Chiara Ragni

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1. PROCEDURAL AND FACTUAL HISTORY OF THE CHARGES TAYGOR CASE On 31 May 2004, the Special Court for Sierra Leone (the "Special Court"), one of the so-called internationalized tribunals,' rendered a decision on the validity of the indictment issued by its Prosecutor against the former Liberian President, Charles Ghankay Taylor,2 accused of having committed crimes against humanity, war crimes and other serious violations of international humanitarian law within the territory of Sierra Leone.3 The legality of the indictment and of the arrest war- rant that followed was contested by Charles Taylor's lawyer on the grounds that the Special

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Key concepts: Indictment, Sierra leone, Special court, Principle of legality, Crimes against humanity, Law, War crime, Political science