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"This book examines whether the Special Court for Sierra Leone ("SCSL"), which was established jointly through an unprecedented bilateral treaty between the United Nations ("UN") and Sierra Leone in 2002, has made jurisprudential contributions to the development of the nascent and still unsettled field of international criminal law. The work, which focuses on the main legal legacy of the SCSL, opens with an examination of the historical and political circumstances which led to the outbreak of a notoriously brutal civil war in Sierra Leone which lasted between March 1991 and January 2002 and led to the deaths of approximately 75,000 people. Following a discussion of the creation, jurisdiction and the trials conducted by the SCSL, the author examines the SCSL's unique personal jurisdiction over persons bearing "greatest responsibility" for the serious crimes committed in Sierra Leone and its implications of its use in future ad hoc international tribunals; the prosecution of the novel crime of "forced marriage" as other inhumane acts of crimes against humanity; the prosecution of the war crime of recruitment and use of children under the age of fifteen for the purpose of using them to participate in hostilities; as well as issues of immunity for the serving head of state of Liberia, which President Charles Taylor sought to invoke to block his own trial for international crimes before the SCSL. The book then discusses the status of blanket amnesties under international law, and critically evaluates the SCSL's ruling that such a domestic measure could not block prosecution of universally condemned crimes before an independent international tribunal. Lastly, the book evaluates the tenuous interaction between truth commissions and special courts 2 given both their simultaneous operation in Sierra Leone and distinctive mandates aimed at reconciliation and punishment. The author demonstrates that the SCSL, as the third modern international criminal tribunal supported by the UN, made some useful jurisprudential additions on many of these topics, and in some cases broke new ground, and that these represent a valuable legal and judicial contribution to the development of the nascent field of international criminal law. Charles C. Jalloh is Professor of Law at Florida International University, USA and a member of the UN International Law Commission where he has served as the Chairperson of the Drafting Committee (70th session) and Rapporteur (71st session). Jalloh, who is the Founding Editor of the African Journal of Legal Studies and African Journal of International Criminal Justice, has published widely on issues of international criminal justice. In 2018, he was the Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Public International Law at the Faculty of Law, Lund University and the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law in Sweden. His prior work experience includes as a legal adviser in the Department of Justice, the Special Court for Sierr a Leone and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. His related books include, as lead editor, Consolidated Legal Texts for the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Brill, 2007), The Law Reports of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (Brill, AFRC Case, 2012; CDF Case, 2013, Taylor Case, 2015; RUF Case, 2020) and The Sierra Leone Special Court and Its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law (Cambridge, 2014)"--

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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. 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"--Provided by publisher.

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)

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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. The tribunal has tried various persons, including former Liberian President Charles Ghankay Taylor, for allegedly bearing 'greatest responsibility' for serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the latter half of the Sierra Leonean armed conflict. This volume, which consists of two books and a DVD and is edited by two legal experts on the Sierra Leone court, presents, for the first time in a single place, a comprehensive collection of all the interlocutory decisions and final trial and appeals judgments issued by the court in the case Prosecutor volume Brima, Kamara and Kanu. It contains the full text of all substantive judicial decisions, including the majority, separate and concurring as well as dissenting opinions. It additionally provides relevant information for a better understanding of the case, such as the indictments, a list of admitted exhibits and a list of documents on the case file. The book, which is only the first in a series of edited law reports that will capture the entire jurisprudential legacy of the tribunal, fills the gap for a single and authoritative reference source of the tribunal’s jurisprudence. It is intended for national and international judges, lawyers, academics, students and other researchers as well as transitional justice practitioners in courts, tribunals and truth commissions as well as anyone seeking an accurate record of the trials conducted by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. N.B.: The hardback copy of this title contains a DVD with documents. The e-book version does not.

International criminal law --- International criminal courts --- Criminal law, International --- ICL (International criminal law) --- Criminal law --- International law --- Criminal jurisdiction --- International crimes --- Criminal courts --- International courts --- Complementarity (International law) --- 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)

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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