The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Challenging the Tradition of Impunity for Gender-based Crimes?
Categories: Statebuilding
Sub-Categories: Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Security Sector Reform (SSR), Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Sierra Leone
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2004
Citation: Damgaard, Ciara. "The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Challenging the Tradition of Impunity for Gender-based Crimes?" Nordic Journal of International Law 73 (2004): 485-503.
Sub-Categories: Post-Conflict Reconstruction, Security Sector Reform (SSR), Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)
Country: Sierra Leone
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa
Year: 2004
Citation: Damgaard, Ciara. "The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Challenging the Tradition of Impunity for Gender-based Crimes?" Nordic Journal of International Law 73 (2004): 485-503.
Abstract
The focus of this article is the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the extent to which it can be said that the Special Court has already challenged, or will, in the future, challenge the tradition of impunity for gender-based crimes. In this regard, an analysis is undertaken of the Special Court’s Statute, Rules of Procedure and Evidence and practice to date, in order to determine its treatment of gender-based crimes and whether it can be said that the Special Court for Sierra Leone challenges the tradition of impunity for gender-based crimes.