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Prosecutor v. Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara & Santigie Borbor Kanu. Case No. SCSL-04-16-A; Prosecutor V. Moinina Fofana & Allieu Kondewa. Case No. SCSL-04-14-A

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2017

Valerie Oosterveld
Valerie Oosterveld*
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 103 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 103 - 110
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2009

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References

1 For a case report on the trial judgments, see Valerie Oosterveld & Andrea Marlowe, Prosecutor v. Alex Tamba Brima, Brima Bazzy Kamara & Santigie Borbor Kanu; Prosecutor v. Moinina Fofana & Allieu Kondewa, 101 AJIL 848 (2007).

2 Prosecutor v. Brima, Judgment, Case No. SCSL–04–16–A (Spec. Ct. Sierra Leone, Appeals Chamber, Feb. 22, 2008), at <http://www.sc–sl.org/CASES/ArmedForcesRevolutionaryCouncil/AFRCComplete/tabid/106/Default.aspx. The materials of the Special Court cited in this case report are available on the Court’s Web site, <http://www.sc–sl.org. The AFRC came to power in May 1997 as a result of a military coup.

3 Prosecutor v. Fofana, Judgment, Case No. SCSL–04–14–A (Spec. Ct. Sierra Leone, Appeals Chamber, May 28, 2008). Formed in response to the May 1997 military coup, members of the CDF were security forces, mainly Kamajors, fighting in support of Sierra Leone’s elected government.

4 Agreement Between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of a Special Court for Sierra Leone, Jan. 16, 2002; see also SC Res. 1315 (Aug. 14, 2000), 40 ILM 247 (2001).

5 Prosecutor v. Brima, Sentencing Judgment, Case No. SCSL–04–16–T (Spec. Ct. Sierra Leone, Trial Chamber, July 19, 2007).

6 Prosecutor v. Fofana, Sentencing Judgment, Case No. SCSL–04–14–T (Spec. Ct. Sierra Leone, Trial Chamber, Oct. 9, 2007).

7 In the original document, two paragraphs are numbered 565. This reference is to the latter paragraph.

8 E.g., Prosecutor v. Taylor, Transcript, Case No. SCSL–03–1–T (Spec. Ct. Sierra Leone, Trial Chamber, Apr. 23, 2008) at 8392 (line 23)–8395 (line 19) on the capture and use of “jungle wives” by rebel commanders in Benguema.

9 E.g., Prosecutor v. Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui, Decision on the Confirmation of Charges, Case No. ICC–01/04–01/07 (ICC, Pre–Trial Chamber, Sept. 30, 2008) at paras. 348, 434–435.