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Amnesties in International Law: The Experience of the Special Court for Sierra Leone

Williams, S.J.

Authors

S.J. Williams



Abstract

The Special Court for Sierra Leone, a hybrid criminal tribunal established to try persons accused of serious crimes during the conflict in Sierra Leone, has recently commenced its judicial operations. Several of the preliminary issues raised by various defendants have required the Court to examine the validity of the amnesty granted to combatants by the Lomé Peace Agreement and the amnesty's impact upon the Court's jurisdiction to try the defendants. This article examines the decisions of the Court on the amnesty issue and evaluates the jurisprudence of the Court with reference to the current status of amnesties in international law.

Citation

Williams, S. (2005). Amnesties in International Law: The Experience of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Human Rights Law Review, 5(2), 271-309. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngi016

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2005
Deposit Date Aug 13, 2008
Journal Human Rights Law Review
Print ISSN 1461-7781
Electronic ISSN 1744-1021
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 5
Issue 2
Pages 271-309
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngi016
Publisher URL http://hrlr.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/ngi016?ijkey=OVe1jsMJlVQ16mY&keytype=ref