With Charles Taylor sentence, a warning to arms suppliers

 

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Thursday May 31, 2012 – Globe and Mail
ANNA MEHLER PAPERNY
For state strongmen and private corporations alike, Charles Taylor sentencing provides sober second thought about the weapons trade, observers hope

Arms suppliers, take note: Charles Taylor’s five-decade sentence means you’re responsible for atrocities committed with your weapons.

And the International Criminal Court wants experts at the University of British Columbia to help figure out what that means.

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