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The international community created the Special Court for Sierra Leone to prosecute those who bore the greatest responsibility for crimes committed during the country's devastating civil war. In this book Tim Kelsall examines some of the challenges posed by the fact that the Court operated in a largely unfamiliar culture, in which the way local people thought about rights, agency and truth-telling sometimes differed radically from the way international lawyers think about these things. By applying an anthro-political perspective to the trials, he unveils a variety of ethical, epistemological, jurisprudential and procedural problems, arguing that although touted as a promising hybrid, the Court failed in crucial ways to adapt to the local culture concerned. Culture matters, and international justice requires a more dialogical, multicultural approach.

International criminal courts --- War crime trials --- Trials (War crimes) --- Trials (Crimes against humanity) --- Trials (Genocide) --- Trials --- Criminal courts --- International courts --- Complementarity (International law) --- Social aspects --- Special Court for Sierra Leone. --- Sierra Leone. --- Sierra Leone Special Court --- Tribunal pénal spécial sierra-léonais --- T.P.S.S.L. --- TPSSL --- United Nations. --- Sierra Leone Tribunal --- Special Court of Sierra Leone --- SCSL (Special Court for Sierra Leone) --- Law --- General and Others

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This book is a guide to the law that applies in the three international criminal tribunals, for the former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone, set up by the UN during the period 1993 to 2002 to deal with atrocities and human rights abuses committed during conflict in those countries. Building on the work of an earlier generation of war crimes courts, these tribunals have developed a sophisticated body of law concerning the elements of the three international crimes (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes), and forms of participation in such crimes, as well as other general principles of international criminal law, procedural matters and sentencing. The legacy of the tribunals will be indispensable as international law moves into a more advanced stage, with the establishment of the International Criminal Court. Their judicial decisions are examined here, as well as the drafting history of their statutes and other contemporary sources.

Règlements et procédure --- International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991. --- International Tribunal for Rwanda. --- Sierra Leone. --- Règlements et procédure --- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. --- Special Court for Sierra Leone. --- International criminal courts --- Criminal courts --- International courts --- Complementarity (International law) --- International Tribunal to Adjudicate War Crimes Committed in the Former Yugoslavia --- International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia --- International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia --- Tribunal pénal international pour l'Ex-Yougoslavie --- ICTY --- TPIY --- Tribunal international chargé de poursuivre les personnes présumées responsables de violations graves du droit international humanitaire commises sur le territoire de l'ex-Yougoslavie depuis 1991 --- Međunarodni trubunal za suđenje licima odgovornim za teške povrede međunarodnog humanitarnog prava na teritoriji bivše Jugoslavije od 1991. godine --- Haški tribunal --- United Nations. --- Hague Tribunal --- Internationaler Strafgerichtshof in Den Haag --- Haiya shen pan --- Mezhdunarodnyĭ tribunal po byvsheĭ I︠U︡goslavii --- MTBI︠U︡ --- Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals --- ICTR (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda) --- International Criminal Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States between 1 January and 31 December 1994 --- International Tribunal for Rwanda --- International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Genocide and Other Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of Rwanda and Rwandan Citizens Responsible for Genocide and Other Such Violations Committed in the Territory of Neighbouring States --- Rwanda Tribunal --- TPIR (Tribunal for Rwanda) --- Tribunal pénal international chargé de juger les personnes présumées responsables d'actes de génocide ou d'autres violations graves du droit international humanitaire commis sur le territoire du Rwanda et les citoyens rwandais présumés responsables de tels actes ou violations commis sur le territoire d'états voisins entre le 1er janvier et le 31 décembre 1994 --- Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda --- Urukiko Nshinjabyaha Mpuzamahanga rwagenewe u Rwanda --- United Nations --- Sierra Leone Special Court --- Tribunal pénal spécial sierra-léonais --- T.P.S.S.L. --- TPSSL --- Sierra Leone Tribunal --- Special Court of Sierra Leone --- SCSL (Special Court for Sierra Leone) --- International criminal courts. --- Tribunaux criminels internationaux --- Rules and practice. --- International Criminal Court for Rwanda --- Law --- General and Others --- Tribunal international pour le rwanda --- Tribunal pénal international pour l'ex-yougoslavie --- Tribunal pénal international pour la sierra leone