- Sierra Leone RUF rebels sentenced (BBC News) (April 9, 2009)
- S Leone trio guilty of war crimes (BBC News) (February 25, 2009)
- Country at a Crossroads: Challenges Facing Young People in Sierra Leone Six Years after the War (Women's Commission for Refugees and Children) (April 2008)
- Sierra Leone: The Truth About the TRC Recommendations (Concord Times) (April 3, 2008)
- Sierra Leone: Human Rights Commission Of Sierra Leone (African Path) (March 28, 2008)
- Forced marriage in Sierra Leone (Radio Netherlands Worldwide) (March 7, 2008)
- [pdf] Journey of a former child soldier (Cayman Net News) (August 10, 2007)
- Sierra Leone: A Women's Issue That Women Are Wary of Campaigning About (Inter Press Service) (August 8, 2007)
- Sierra Leone: Children used for political gain (Defence for Children International - Sierra Leone) (August 6, 2007)
- Forced Marriage Appeal May Influence ICC (Institute for War and Peace Reporting) (July 24, 2007)
- Sierra Leone: Landmark Convictions for Use of Child Soldiers (Human Rights Watch) (June 20, 2007)
- Escaping the battle: From child soldier to poster boy (The Independent) (January 22, 2007)
- Sierra Leone: Children’s forum takes on trafficking and other concerns (UNICEF) (March 6, 2006)
- Summary: Statement to the National Victims Commemoration Conference Freetown, 1 and 2 March 2005 (Amnesty International) (March 1, 2005)
- Full text: Statement to the National Victims Commemoration Conference Freetown, 1 and 2 March 2005 (Amnesty International) (March 1, 2005)
-
Sierra Leone court affirms child soldier recruitment is war crime
(afrol.com) (June 3, 2004)
-
Child
recruitment 'was war crime' (BBC) (June 1,
2004)
-
Boy
soldier 'recruited' at the age of 6
(The Times) (March 30, 2004)
-
Children
working in Sierra Leone mines (BBC) (August 28, 2003)
-
The
Special Court for Sierra Leone: Promises and Pitfalls of a “New
Model” (International Crisis Group) (August 4, 2003) [PDF
full report]
-
Sierra
Leone's former president Momoh dies
(Reuters) (August
4, 2003)
-
UN blamed for Sankoh death
(BBC) (July
31, 2003)
-
Foday Sankoh: The cruel rebel
(BBC) (July
30, 2003)
-
Sierra Leone warlord dies in UN custody
(The Guardian) (July
31, 2003)
-
UN court rejects Sankoh plea
(BBC) (July
23, 2003)
-
Move to free sick Sankoh
(BBC) (July
22, 2003)
-
Tortured
African boy dies (BBC)
(May 30, 2003)
-
Sierra Leone: Government
should denounce impunity agreement with the US (Amnesty
International) (May 8, 2003)
-
Sierra
Leone warlord confirmed dead (BBC) (May 8, 2003)
-
Bockarie
died a wanted man (BBC) (May 8, 2003)
-
Sierra
Leone truth body starts (BBC) (April 14, 2003)
-
Sierra
Leone ex-minister on trial (BBC) (March
19, 2003)
-
Surprise
at Sierra Leone arrests
(BBC) (March 11, 2003)
-
"We'll
Kill You If You Cry" Sexual Violence in the Sierra
Leone Conflict
(Human Rights Watch) (January 2003)
-
'Systematic
rape' in Sierra Leone war (BBC) (January 16, 2003)
- Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission: A Fresh Start? (ICG) (December 20, 2002)
-
Sierra
Leone war crimes judges sworn in (BBC) (December 2,
2002)
-
Sierra
Leone: Special Court will not indict children - prosecutor
(IRIN) (November 4, 2002)
-
The
reintegration of child ex-combatants in Sierra Leone with
particular focus on the needs of females Allison
Bennett (September 2002)
-
Sierra
Leone's Former Child Soldiers Struggle To Adjust (AP)
(June 29, 2002)
-
The
Jury Is Still Out: The Human Rights Briefing Paper on
Sierra Leone
(Human Rights Watch) (July 11, 2002)
-
Sierra
Leone: Child soldiers to swap guns for PCs (BBC)
(March 25, 2002)
-
Sierra
Leone - Child Soldiers (Global Report on Child
Soldiers) (Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers)
(June 2001)
-
Recommendations
for the Sierra Leone Special Court: Letter to Legal
Advisors of UN Security Council Member States and
Interested States (Human Rights Watch) (March 7, 2002)
-
Aid
workers enjoy the beaches and bars while Sierra Leone
suffers (The
Independent) (September 24, 2001)
-
Sierra
Leone Diamonds: International certification system
essential to help end killings, abduction and torture of
civilians
(Amnesty International) (September 7, 2001)
-
Sierra
Leone war crimes court nears (BBC) (July 25,
2001)
-
Release
of imprisoned RUF rebels - Interview with President Kabbah
(Sierra Leone web) (July 4, 2001)
-
Child
Soldiers released in Sierra Leone (CNN) (June 5, 2001)
-
Sierra
rebels free child soldiers
(BBC)
(May 26, 2001)
-
Guinea
and Sierra Leone border: Fighting continues to endanger
civilian lives (Amnesty International) (May 4, 2001)
Sierra
Leone situation report 17-23 April 2001 (UNICEF)
-
Sierra
Leone: the international community's resolve to end
impunity must be
strengthened
(Amnesty International) (April 24, 2001)
-
Sierra
Leone: Time for a New Military and Political Strategy
(International Crisis Group) (April 11, 2001)
-
Sierra
Leone: Time For A New Military and Political Strategy
(International Crisis Group) (April 11, 2001)
-
No
Safe Passage Through Sierra Leone (Human Rights Watch)
(April 3, 2001)
-
Rebel
Abuses Against Sierra Leonean Refugees Returning From
Guinea (Human Rights Watch Testimonies) (April 3,
2001)
-
Guinean
Forces Kill, Wound Civilians in Sierra Leone
(Human Rights Watch) (February 28, 2001)
-
Sexual
Violence within the Sierra Leone Conflict (Human
Rights Watch) (February 26, 2001)
-
Sierra
Leone: The battle for childhood
(BBC)
(January 26, 2001)
-
Annan
advocates trials for S. Leone child soldiers
(Reuters)
(January 16, 2001)
-
Report
of the Panel of Experts Appointed Pursuant to Security
Council Resolution 1306, Paragraph 19 in Relation to
Sierra Leone (Report on Conflict Diamonds and
Weapons) (December 2000)
-
'Sierra
Leone war crimes court should target top leaders only'
(afrol.com) (December 29, 2000)
-
UN
Investigation exposes continuing trade in arms and
diamonds (Amnesty International) (December 12, 2000)
-
Sierra
Leone Peace Process: Learning from the Past to Address
Current Challenges,
An
Expert Seminar Report
London
(27 September 2000
by
Catherine Barnes, Ph.D.
&
Tara Polzer) (Conciliation
Resources)
-
Horrors
Behind Rebel Lines in Sierra Leone
(The New York Times) (November 30, 2000)
-
Sierra
Leone: Recommendations on the draft Statute of the Special
Court
(Amnesty
International) (November 14, 2000)
-
Ceasefire
Signed between the Government of Sierra Leone and RUF
(November 10, 2000)
-
Sierra
Leone: Justice and the Special Court
(Human
Rights Watch) (November 1, 2000)
-
The
Special Court for Sierra Leone
(Amnesty
International) (October 20, 2000)
-
Report
of the Security Council mission to Sierra Leone
(Security Council) (October 16, 2000)
-
Report
of the Secretary-General on the establishment of a Special
Court for Sierra Leone
-
Annex - Draft Statute for the Special Court
(Security Council) (October 4, 2000)
-
Press
Release: From the Desk of the National Coalition for the
Protection And Promotion of the Rights of the Child (
NCPPRC), Sierra Leone
(NCPPRC) (October 2000)
-
Paying
the Price: The Sierra Leone Peace Process (Accord 9,
Conciliation Resources) (Issue editor David Lord)
(September 2000)
-
Row
over 'war crimes' youngsters
(BBC)
(September 29, 2000)
-
Terror
children run wild in jungle
(The
Times) (September 13, 2000)
-
UN
Security Council Resolution 1317 (2000)
on
the situation in Sierra Leone
-
UN
Security Council Resolution 1315 (2000)
on
the situation in Sierra Leone
-
UN
Security Council Resolution 1313 (2000)
on
the situation in Sierra Leone
-
UN
Security Council Resolution 1306 (2000)
on
the situation in Sierra Leone
-
Human
Cost of Civil War (Amnesty magazine) (July/August
2000)
-
Sierra
Leone: Childhood - A Casualty of Conflict (Amnesty
International) (August 31, 2000)
-
Action
needed to end use of child combatants
(Amnesty
International) (August 31, 2000)
-
The
United Nations Security Council should strengthen the
independent special court to prosecute perpetrators of
human rights abuses
(Amnesty
International) (August 4, 2000)
-
Fifth
report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations
Mission in Sierra Leone
(July
31, 2000)
-
Ending
impunity - an opportunity not to be missed
(Full
Text) (Amnesty International)
-
Ending
impunity -- an opportunity not to be missed
(Summary)
(Amnesty International) (July 26, 2000)
-
The
post-Lomé human rights challenge
(Amnesty
International) (July 6, 2000)
-
Diamond
Embargo on Sierra Leone
(www.sierra-leone.org)
(July 5, 2000)
-
Rape
and other forms of sexual violence must be stopped
(Amnesty International)
(June 30, 2000)
-
Amnesty
International calls for fast and effective action on
diamonds
(Amnesty
International) (June 30, 2000)
-
Real
and credible justice is needed
(Amnesty
International) (June 22, 2000)
-
Decisive
U.N. Action On Sierra Leone Urged
(Human
Rights Watch) (June 20, 2000)
-
International
Criminal Tribunal For Sierra Leone
-
War
crimes against children continue
(Amnesty
International) (June 16, 2000)
-
Amnesty
International condemns continuing RUF attacks on civilians
(Amnesty International)
(June 16, 2000)
-
RUF
fighters rape women and children in Makeni and other towns
(Human Rights Watch) (June
5, 2000)
-
Cutting
the link between diamonds and guns
(Amnesty
International) (May 31, 2000)
-
RUF
Targets Children for Fighting, Forced Labor, and Sexual
Exploitation
(Human
Rights Watch) (May 30, 2000)
-
The
Human Rights Agenda. Statement by Pierre Sane in Freetown
Statement for Pierre Sane - Freetown - May 26, 2000
(Amnesty International) (May
26, 2000)
-
Sierra
Leone Rebels Murder, Mutilate, Rape, Loot and Abduct in
Masiaka Area
(Human
Rights Watch) (May 26, 2000)
-
Crisis
in Sierra Leone could bring new efforts to recruit
children
(UNICEF)
(May 10, 2000)
-
Threat
to National Immunization Days in Sierra Leone
(UNICEF)
(May 4, 2000)
-
United
Nations Security Council must ensure the protection of
civilians
(Amnesty
International) (May 18, 2000)
-
Rights
Group Urges Immediate Action to Stop 'Mob Justice'
(Human Rights Watch) (May
18, 2000)
-
Fair
Trial Urged for Rebel Leader Sankoh
(Human
Rights Watch) (May 17, 2000)
-
Children
Forced to Kill (The Washington Post) (April 8, 2000)
-
Human
rights violators must be brought to justice
(Amnesty
International) (May 17, 2000)
-
Orphan
school's head learns lessons of war
(The
Times) (May 18, 2000)
-
Civilians
the Real Target in Sierra Leone
(Human
Rights Watch) (May 4, 2000)
-
Civilians
face real and immediate threat to their fundamental human
rights
(Amnesty
International) (May 10, 2000)
-
Third
Report Of The Secretary-General On The United Nations
Mission In Sierra Leone
(United
Nations Secretary-General) (March 7, 2000)
-
Human
Rights Watch Report 2000 on Sierra Leone
(Human
Rights Watch) (February 2000)
-
Initial
reports of States parties due in 1992 on the Rights of the
Child
-
RESOLUTION
1245 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 4012th
meeting, on 11 June 1999:
on
Sierra Leone
-
RESOLUTION
1231 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3986th
meeting, on 11 March 1999
on
Sierra Leone
-
RESOLUTION
1220 (1999) Adopted by the Security Council at its 3964th
meeting, on 12 January 1999
on Sierra Leone
-
US
Department of State Report on Human Rights
(US Government)
-
Statement
by the President of the Security council
on the Situation in Sierra Leone (January 7, 1999)
-
Report
by the Secretary General on the UN Observation Mission
-
Background
Paper on Refugees and Asylum Seekers from Sierra Leone
(UNHCR)
-
To
The UN Special Conference on Sierra Leone
Carol
Bellamy
-
Amnesty
International: SIERRA LEONE 1998 - a year of
atrocities against civilians
-
Amnesty
International Annual Report
(Amnesty
International)
-
A
Disastrous Set-Back for Human Rights
(Amnesty
International)
-
Towards
A Future Founded on Human Rights
(Amnesty International)
-
Position
Paper on psychosocial interventions for children in need
of special protection (Child
Protection Committees of Sierra Leone) (March 1998)
-
Protocols
for Humanitarian Agencies in Sierra Leone, Code of Conduct
Revised November 1997
-
SIERRA
LEONE: SOWING TERROR Atrocities against Civilians in
Sierra Leone
(Human
Rights Watch) (July 1998)
-
Joint
statement by Carol Bellamy, Executive Director of UNICEF;
Sadako Ogata, UN High Commissioner for Refugees; Olara
Otunnu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General
for Children and Armed Conflict; Mary Robinson, UN High
Commissioner for Human Rights and Sergio Vieira de Mello
the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator
-
Selective
Attention to Wars: Kosovo versus Sierra Leone
-
A
Report to the Japanese Government
(International Crisis Group)
-
SOWING
TERROR Atrocities against Civilians in Sierra Leone
(Human Rights Watch)
-
Getting
Away with Murder, Mutilation, Rape
(Human Rights Watch)
-
Murders,
tortures and crimes against citizens go unfettered in
Sierra Leone
(Human
Rights Watch)
