Special Court for Sierra Leone

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The Special Court for Sierra Leone was a hybrid international-national tribunal established to prosecute those bearing the greatest responsibility for serious crimes committed during the Sierra Leone Civil War.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ad hoc international court ⓘ
hybrid international criminal tribunal ⓘ
alsoKnownAs SCSL ⓘ
appliesLaw Sierra Leonean criminal law ⓘ
international humanitarian law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Republic of Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to: Sierra Leone
convicted Charles Taylor ⓘ
country Sierra Leone ⓘ
createdByUNResolution United Nations Security Council Resolution 1315 ⓘ
dateCreated 2002-01-16 ⓘ
dissolved 2013-12-02 ⓘ
doesNotTry persons under 15 years of age ⓘ
endTime 2013 ⓘ
establishedBy Government of Sierra Leone ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
focusesOnConflict Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
fundedBy voluntary contributions from states ⓘ
hasChamber Appeals Chamber ⓘ
Trial Chamber I ⓘ
Trial Chamber II ⓘ
hasJudgeFrom Sierra Leone ⓘ
various United Nations member states ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver crimes against humanity ⓘ
other serious violations of Sierra Leonean law ⓘ
serious violations of international humanitarian law ⓘ
war crimes ⓘ
hasNotableCase Prosecutor v. Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara and Santigie Borbor Kanu ⓘ
Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor ⓘ
Prosecutor v. Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao ⓘ
Prosecutor v. Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
hasOrgan Defence Office ⓘ
Office of the Prosecutor ⓘ
Registry ⓘ
hasProsecutor Brenda Hollis ⓘ
David Crane ⓘ
Desmond de Silva ⓘ
hasSuccessor Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
hasTemporalJurisdiction since 1996-11-30 ⓘ
headquartersLocation Freetown ⓘ
jurisdiction Sierra Leone Civil War ⓘ
legalBasis Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
locatedIn Freetown ⓘ
Sierra Leone ⓘ
locatedInBuilding New England area of Freetown ⓘ
mandate prosecute persons bearing the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law committed in the territory of Sierra Leone since 30 November 1996 ⓘ
startTime 2002 ⓘ
tries individual criminal responsibility ⓘ
typeOfTribunal mixed national-international court ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sierra Leone Civil War → legalAftermath → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Charles Taylor → convictedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Charles Taylor → handedOverTo → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Revolutionary United Front → leadersConvictedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Civil Defence Forces → notableTrial → CDF case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to: Special Court for Sierra Leone
Armed Forces Revolutionary Council → someLeadersTriedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Johnny Paul Koroma → chargedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Hinga Norman → chargedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Hinga Norman → detainedAt → Special Court for Sierra Leone detention facility ⓘ
linked to: Special Court for Sierra Leone
Special Court for Sierra Leone → legalBasis → Agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
linked to: Special Court for Sierra Leone
Foday Sankoh → chargedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Moses Blah → testifiedBefore → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor → convictedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Charles McArthur Ghankay Taylor → trialOrganizedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
Revolutionary United Front → triedBy → Special Court for Sierra Leone ⓘ
subject linked to: RUF rebels