POL343Y5 Lecture Notes - Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, International Humanitarian Law, Peremptory Norm
8 Jun 2014
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The special court for sierra leone was set up jointly by the government of sierra leone and the united nations in 2002, through un security council resolution 1315. It is mandated 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 the. Special court has two trial chambers and an appeals chamber. Each trial chamber comprises three judges, two of whom are appointed by the un secretarygeneral and the other by the government of sierra leone. The appeals chamber comprises ve judges, three of whom are appointed by the secretary-general and other two by the government of sierra leone. Two of the four cases tried before the special court are at the time of writing fully completed, namely the afrc (armed forces revolutionary council) and the cdf (civil defence forces) cases.
