The Special Court for Sierra Leone was established through signature of a bilateral treaty between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone in early 2002, making it the third modern ad hoc international criminal tribunal. It has tried various persons, including former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor, for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the latter half of the Sierra Leonean armed conflict. It completed its work in December 2013. A new Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, based in Freetown and with offices in The Hague, has been created to carry out its essential "residual" functions.
This magnificent set of 4 volumes of Law Reports, which consists of multiple books and various CD-ROMs, and is edited by two legal experts on the Sierra Leone Court, was begun in 2012. Its completion in 2020 means that the gap of a single and authoritative reference source for the tribunal's jurisprudence has now been filled. The Law Reports are intended for national and international judges, lawyers, academics, students and other researchers as well as transitional justice practitioners in courts, tribunals and truth commissions, and anyone seeking an accurate record of the trials conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
N.B.: This title is a set consisting of a number of prior publications. The hardback set only contains a CD-ROM with the decisions that are reproduced in the book and the trial transcripts.
The e-book versions do not and can only be bought per volume, not as a set.
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"This series of Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone will become the primary source for the jurisprudence of the Special Court for all practitioners and academics. [...]Publications of this nature underscore the indispensability of enlightened and informed accessibility of the law, especially as it is authoritatively expounded in the laboratories of justice, national or international. Law reporting is a necessary and effective educational tool, not only in acquiring knowledge of the law but also in promoting respect of the rule of law. This volume is important for all academics, students of international criminal law, policymakers and advocates within governmental and non-governmental organizations and all those who are concerned about the process of rendering justice in a post-conflict society." - Dr. Ousman Njikam, in: 11 Journal of International Criminal Justice (2013), 1161-1168.
"A holistic reading of the Trial and Appeals AFRC interlocutory decisions and judgements disclose the depth at which the Chambers addressed different and difficult legal issues relating to non-international armed conflicts. I strongly recommend this volume to practising international criminal law lawyers, policy makers, human rights activists and all persons interested in addressing the complex issues of non-international armed conflict." - Dr. Alex Obote Odara, in: 5 African Journal of Legal Studies (2012), 339-349.
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978-90-04-22161-1 (9789004221611)
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