En Inglés :

• SCHARF (P.), The Special Court for Sierra Leone, ASIL, octubre de 2000

• No Peace Without Justice in Sierra Leone

• Una bibliografía realizada en junio de 2003 por la ONG Project on International Courts and Tribunal (*.doc)

Special court for Sierra Leone

The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) was created by Resolution 1315 of the Security Council on 14 August 2000. It provided the Secretary General of the United Nations with a mandate to negotiate an agreement with the government of Sierra Leone to set up a mixed jurisdiction with responsibility to judge the atrocities carried out in this country. This agreement is known as the Agreement between the UN and Sierra Leone on the Creation of a Special Court was signed in Freetown on 16 January 2002.

The parliament of Sierra Leone ratified this agreement in March 2002. The SCSL has jurisdiction, according to its Statute, 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.

To learn more:

SCHARF (P). The Special Court for Sierra Leone, ASIL, October 2000.

No Peace Without Justice in Sierra Leone

A bibliography completed in June 2003 by the NGO Project on International Courts and Tribunals.