OPINION. The Federal Court recently confirmed the conviction of the former commander of a Liberian armed rebel group Alieu Kosiah for war crimes, but released the count of crimes against humanity. This difference of approach with the Court of Appeal of the Criminal Court raises the question of the fate of the Gambian Ousman Sonko, whose outcome of the trial on appeal is set at the beginning of December, writes the professor of law at the Univers…
OPINION. The Federal Court recently confirmed the conviction of the former commander of a Liberian armed rebel group Alieu Kosiah for war crimes, but released the count of crimes against humanity. This difference of approach with the Court of Appeal of the Criminal Court raises the question of the fate of the Gambian Ousman Sonko, whose outcome of the trial on appeal is set at the beginning of December, writes the professor of law at the Univers…