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Posts published in June 2007

First verdicts of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

On 20th June 2007, the Special Court for Sierra Leone has reached its first verdicts. According to a press release (here) three former leaders of Sierra Leone’s Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) have been found guilty on 11 grounds. These were the following:   Count 1 (acts of terrorism) Count 2 (collective punishments) Count 3 (extermination) Count 4 (murder, a crime against humanity) Count 5 (murder, a war crime) Count 6 (rape) Count 9 (outrages upon personal dignity) Count 10 (physical violence, a war crime) Count 12 (conscripting or enlisting children under the age of 15 years into armed forces…