On 14 February 2002 the International Court of Justice in the ICJ Arrest Warrant Case concluded that state officials may have immunity under international law while serving in office.
In 2003 Charles Taylor, the former president of Liberia, was served with an arrest warrant by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) that was set up under the auspices of a treaty that binds only the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone [REF].