Dr Reeves-Taylor won her appeal against charges of torture, which she denies, because of a lack of evidence that the regime led by her ex-husband controlled the areas where her alleged crimes occurred.
She faced eight charges relating to Liberia's civil war in 1990, including torturing a teenage boy, forcing a pastor's wife to witness her children being shot, and facilitating the rape of captive women by soldiers.
A BBC correspondent says the judge's finding does not mean she was not guilty.
Dr Reeves-Taylor was ordered released from prison, but told she could not remain in Britain.
Charles Taylor himself is serving a life sentence for his war crimes in neighbouring Sierra Leone.
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