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Reports
The Prosecution case against Charles Taylor
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Jun 30, 2009 - 9:11:53 AM
Charles Taylor, born in
Liberia in 1948, was head of the National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), an
organised armed group in the late 1980’s. In 1985 he escaped from an American
prison in Massechusset where he had been detained as a result of allegations
that he had embezzled funds in his role as Director of the General Services
Agency in Sierra Leone.
News
SLCMP News Briefs
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Jun 30, 2009 - 8:55:21 AM
Binta Mansaray has been appointed by the UN
Secretary General to act as registrar of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
until a new appointment is made follwing the resignation of Herman Von Herbel
who is now working for the Lebanon Tribunal in The Hague. Ms. Mansaray is the
substantive Deputy Registrar of the court.
Reports
The Role of Civil Society in the Fight against Corruption in Sierra Leone
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Jun 30, 2009 - 8:51:44 AM
Corruption has proven to be a major
stumbling block in establishing an effective and modern state in Sierra Leone
and constitutes a primary reason for Sierra Leone’s low development when
compared to other states. However, an attempt to provide a single definition
for corruption will encounter legal, criminological and political problems.
Commentaries
The Need for Diversion in the Juvenile Justice System in Sierra Leone
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Jun 30, 2009 - 8:47:40 AM
Diversion, in simple terms, refers to a
measure for dealing with a child offender other than taking that child to court.
Over the years, it has been observed that the police and juvenile courts make
very little use of diversionary methods in dealing with children who come into
conflict with the law. This has resulted in children being incarcerated for
minor offences that could have been settled at home or even at the police
station.
Commentaries
Stories from the Field: Enforced Judgments- A Necessity for Native Administrative Courts
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Jun 30, 2009 - 8:42:47 AM
Court proceedings in both civil matters and criminal cases are mostly
laid to rest with the passing of judgement. Once the court has reached its
decision, it is mandatory for the court officials to ensure the enforcement of
those decisions for fair dispensation of justice. The litigants are also
obliged under the law to respect the judgment made by honouring whatever fine
or punishment imposed by the court. Yet what most often occurs in the local
courts of Bo is contrary to best practise: it is fast becoming habit for court
officials in the Native Administrative (NA) Courts I and II in Bo to fail in
the enforcement of judgments passed in court.
Reports
Special Court Issues Judgment for Convicts in the RUF Case
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Apr 19, 2009 - 9:53:57 AM
On 8th April 2009, Trial Chamber I of the Special Court for
Sierra Leone (SCSL)
before Justice Pierre Boutet presiding, Bankole Thompson and Benjamin Muntanga
Itoe being the other justices, issued the
Chamber’s final set of judgments in the case of former leaders of the
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon aka Bilai
Karim and Augustine Gbao aka Augustine Bao.
Commentaries
Repairing War Victims in Sierra Leone: Some Underlying Challenges in the Reparations Programme
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Apr 19, 2009 - 9:49:20 AM
The Sierra Leone reparations program was an
outcome of the Lome Peace Agreement of July 1999 and the recommendations of the
Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation and Commission Report published in July
2004. The Commission recommended, among other things, that a reparations
program be established to provide redress to victims of human rights violations
suffered during the eleven year war; a war that was characterised by egregious
violations of human rights particularly against the civilian population with
women and children suffering the most.
News
Anti Corruption News
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Apr 19, 2009 - 9:44:56 AM
The Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) has
dropped allegations of soliciting advantage contrary to law made by various
parties on Magistrate Abubakarr Binneh Kamara. The Commission dropped the allegations
following the conclusion of an investigation which produced little or
insufficient evidence of reported issues.
