Basic documents of the Court

• Special Court Statute
• Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone (16 January 2002)
• The Special Court Agreement, Ratification Act (2002)
• Security Council resolution 1315 (2000)
• Report of the Secretary-General on the etablishment of a special court for Sierra Leone (4 October 2000)
• Rules of Procedure and Evidence

Links

• The Special Court for Sierra Leone’s official website
• Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme

To go further

• Human Rights Watch, “Justice in motion: The Trial Phase of the Special Court for Sierra Leone”, November 2005.
• Staggs M., “Special Court for Sierra Leone: Bringing Justice and ensuring lasting Peace, some reflections on the trial phase at the Special court for Sierra Leone”, U.C. Berkeley, War Crimes Studies Center, April 2006.