Seminar om Sierra Leone-domstolen

Måndag 7. april kl 1415 til 16 er det seminar ved Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter (SMR) om Sierra Leone-domstolen, ved sjefsanklagar David Crane. Sjå engelsk tekst nedanfor.

Tysdag 8. april kl 1215 til 14 er det eit nytt seminar ved SMR om straffansvar for selskap, særleg i forhold til Sierra Leone-domstolen.

Anita Ramasastry held eit innlegg om dette. Ramasastry er assistant professor ved University of Washington School of Law og har m.a. skrive ei utgreiing for Sierra Leone-domstolen om mulegheita for å inkludere økonomisk plyndring som ein del av anklagene.

Sierra Leone: Ensuring a just peace after a bitter conflict

David M. Crane
Chief Prosecutor
The Special Court for Sierra Leone
Discussants from Fafo AIS and The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

Monday April 7
14:15 - 16.00
At The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

David M. Crane was appointed the Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone by the Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, on 19 April 2002. With the rank of Undersecretary General, Mr. Crane s mandate is to prosecute those who bear the greatest responsibility for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other violations of international human rights committed during the civil war in Sierra Leone during the 1990 s.

On 14 August 2000, the United Nations Security Council passed Resolution 1315, requesting that the UN Secretary General negotiate an agreement with the Government of Sierra Leone to create an independent special court to prosecute war crimes committed during the country s civil war. The Special Court is a new kind of tribunal that is independent of the United Nations and any state. Unlike the two existing ad hoc international tribunals, the Special Court will sit in the country where the violations occurred. Its design ensures that Sierra Leoneans will be represented in the staff, including in key positions of the prosecution, defense, and judges chambers.

The Special Court s mandate is to try those who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law, including the laws of war; crimes against humanity, including widespread or systematic murder, enslavement, rape, sexual slavery and other forms of sexual violence, torture, and other inhumane acts; and certain crimes under Sierra Leone law relating to sexual violence against children and malicious damage of homes and other buildings. Cases can be brought against anyone who committed crimes or was responsible for crimes committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996.

The seminar is co-organised by

The Fafo Institute for Applied International Studies and The Norwegian Centre for Human Rights

For additional information

Christian H Ruge at Fafo AIS, chr@fafo.no, 22 08 87 12

Vidar Hegge at NCHR, vidar.hegge@jusstud.uio.no, Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, 22 84 20 20