RSCSL - Sierra Leone

Press release: RSCSL Judges Conclude Plenary With Election of New Officers, Deliberations (link) rscsl.org/press-releases…

Press release: RSCSL Judges Conclude Plenary With Election of New Officers, Deliberations

Press release: Justices Komba Kamanda and Fatmatta Alhadi sworn -in as RSCSL Judges rscsl.org/press-releases…

Press Release: Taylor Defence Counsel Courtenay Griffiths, KC Passes Away rscsl.org/press-releases…

Today marks the 26th anniversary of the 1999 rebel invasion of Freetown, which left thousands dead. The war and its aftermath are documented at the Sierra Leone Peace Museum, a legacy of the RSCSL. Visit in person in Freetown, or take a virtual tour at rscsl.org/peace-museum-v…

[4 of 4] The RSCSL also held a Legacy Conference in February 2024, which brought together jurists, activists, scholars, victims from around the world to examine the legacy of the SCSL and to chart a way forward for international justice and International Humanitarian Law.

[1 of 4] Experts and former SCSL officials held a panel discussion this week on the Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone as a side-event to the ICC’s Assembly of State Parties, which ended today. It was well-attended, incl. jurists, activists and scholars.

[3 of 4] ...former SCSL Prosecutor Stephen Rapp and Prof. Milena Sterio of the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. A statement was read on behalf of Sierra Leonean Attorney-General and Minister of Justice Mohamed Lamin Tarawally.

[2 of 4] The discussion, held on Monday, was organized by the RSCSL’s Oversight Committee, and moderated by H.E. Hugh Adsett, Canada’s Ambassador to the Netherlands. Speakers included RSCSL President Judge Richard Lussick, former RSCSL judge Justice Miatta Samba,...

📢 Tomorrow: The 23rd session of the Assembly of States Parties #ASP23 will open in The Hague. 📺 Live at 10:00 (CET) ➡️ youtube.com/user/IntlCrimi… icc-cpi.int/news/23rd-sess…

Press release: Justice Emmanuel Ayoola, former Special Court Judge, Passes Away in Nigeria. rscsl.org/press-releases…

Take a virtual tour of the iconic Sierra Leone Peace Museum, a legacy of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, now online: rscsl.org/peace-museum-v…

...shared experiences and insights on transitional justice issues and mechanisms and the future of residual and investigative mechanisms. The conference was organized by the Residual Special Court and its partners.

The RSCSL report on the Legacy Conference, held in Freetown in February is now online. Read it at rscsl.org/press-releases… The RSCSL Legacy Conference brought together more than 300 prominent jurists, diplomats, legal scholars, members of the RSCSL Oversight Committee...

...students, victims, civil society activists, perpetrators, and other stakeholders from Sierra Leone, other African countries and abroad, to consider the applicability of the Special Court’s legacy to emergent and ongoing conflict situations around the world. Participants...

Liberty TV Online interview with RSCSL Registrar Binta Mansaray. It is mostly in Krio, Sierra Leone’s lingua franca. youtube.com/live/Z3sjR7u_L…

Press Release: RSCSL Judges Hold Plenary Meeting in Freetown rscsl.org/press-releases…

Press Release rscsl.org/press-releases…

Judge Paula da Conceição Machatine Honwana was sworn in today as a Justice of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone.