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Sierra Leone’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission and Special Court: A Citizen’s Handbook
Author(s) Paul James-Allen, Sheku B.S. Lahai, and Jamie O’Connell
Publisher National Forum for Human Rights and International Centre for Transitional Justice
Place of Publication Freetown and New York
Year of Publication 2003
ISBN/ISSN -
Language(s) English
Keywords handbook, community leaders, NGO staff, religious leaders, conflict transformation, criminal justice, equality before the law, impunity, independence of judiciary, rule of law, torture, Special Court for Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone
Description This handbook on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and Special Court for Sierra Leone aims to assist people who may not be specialists in politics, law, or human rights, but who want to understand these accountability institutions. This audience includes teachers, religious leaders, traditional chiefs, community activists, NGO workers, and others. The handbook covers the mandate, origins, purposes, and operating methods of the TRC and Special Court, and differences and similarities between them, in clear, non-technical language.
URL(s) http://www.ictj.org/images/content/0/9/094.pdf PDF  English
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