PEACEST 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: International Humanitarian Law, Revolutionary United Front, United Nations Mission In Sierra Leone
1 Sep 2016
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Sierra leone background information from unamsil: (peacekeeping) http://www. un. org/en/peacekeeping/missions/past/unamsil/background. h tml. Colonized by the british (the united nations mission in sierra leone (unamsil) was a united nations peacekeeping operation in sierra leone from 1999-2006. United nations security council in october 1999 to help with the implementation of the lome peace accord, an agreement intended to end the sierra leonean civil war) Continuing on the case study ( a rough timeline of events): 2014: un withdraws-sierra leone continues its peace building initiatives. Sierra leone has been seen as a relative peace building success story . Forced migration as a result of the war. Government changed multiple times during the civil war. Ruf: funded by the government of liberia (president charles taylor) Later prosecuted for the things funded by sierra leone (crimes against. Ruf: took control of the diamond rich" areas of sierra leone. Governments response: toppled and in place there was a military dictatorship that took over.
