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Print This PageSierra Leone Special Court Issues Its First Convictions
The Special Court for Sierra Leone has convicted three men of war crimes and crimes against humanity during Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war. The convictions include, apparently for the first time, a conviction for child recruitment.
Here is the Court’s press release. These are the Court’s first judgments since it was jointly established by the United Nations and Sierra Leone in 2002. A special chamber of this court is currently trying Charles Taylor in the Hague.
