Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor faced trial at the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), which moved international criminal justice into limelight for nearly half a decade. The trial of Charles Taylor is the first completed criminal appeals process in which the fate of a former Head of State has been judged by the modern international criminal law. However, considerable debate has been going on if the SCSL can be treated as the pro-first international criminal tribunal that was going to try a Head of State.