Special Court for Sierra Leone

The Special Court for Sierra Leone was set up jointly by the Government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations. It is mandated to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996.

Currently, eleven persons associated with all three of the country's former warring factions stand indicted by the Special Court. They are charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other serious violations of international humanitarian law. Specifically, the charges include murder, rape, extermination, acts of terror, enslavement, looting and burning, sexual slavery, conscription of children into an armed force, and attacks on United Nations peacekeepers and humanitarian workers, among others. Indictments against two other persons were withdrawn in December 2003 due to the deaths of the accused. Website: www.sc-sl.org/

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	Prosecutor v. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao (the RUF accused) (Appeal judgment)	26 October 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	Prosecutor v. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao (the RUF accused) (Sentencing Judgment)	8 April 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	Prosecutor v. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao (the RUF accused) (Trial judgment)	2 March 2009
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	The Prosecutor v. Moinina Fofana, Allieu Kondewa (the CDF Accused) (Appeal Judgment)	28 May 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	The Prosecutor of the Special Court v. Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, Santigie Borbor Kanu (the AFRC accused) (Appeal Judgment)	22 February 2008
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	The Prosecutor v. Moinina Fofana, Allieu Kondewa (the CDF Accused) (Sentencing Judgment)	9 October 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	The Prosecutor v. Moinina Fofana, Allieu Kondewa (the CDF Accused)	2 August 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	The Prosecutor of the Special Court v. Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara, Santigie Borbor Kanu (the AFRC accused) (Sentencing Judgment)	19 July 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	The Prosecutor vs. Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara and Santigie Borbor Kanu (the AFRC Accused)	20 June 2007
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law
	Prosecutor v. Sam Hinga Norman - Decision on Preliminary Motion Based on Lack of Jurisdiction (Child Recruitment)	31 May 2004
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: Special Court for Sierra Leone \| Document type: Case Law