Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile
This book is about the combating of impunity from international criminality, with a special focus on the role of Sierra Leone as a pioneer in the progressive application of international criminal law in the African region.Despite Sierra Leone’s role, the
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Volume 3
Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile
Justice Bankole Thompson
International Criminal Justice Series Volume 3
Series editors Gerhard Werle, Berlin, Germany Lovell Fernandez, Bellville, South Africa Moritz Vormbaum, Berlin, Germany
Series Information The International Criminal Justice Series aims to create a platform for publications in the whole field of international criminal justice. It, therefore, deals with issues relating, among others, to: – the work of international criminal courts and tribunals; – transitional justice approaches in different countries; – international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering initiatives; – the history of international criminal law. The series concentrates on themes pertinent to developing countries. It is peerreviewed and seeks to publish high-quality works emanating from excellent scholars, in particular from African countries.
Editorial Office Prof. Dr. Gerhard Werle Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Faculty of Law Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin, Germany [email protected] [email protected] More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/13470
Justice Bankole Thompson
Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile
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Justice Bankole Thompson Criminal Justice Studies Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY USA
ISBN 978-94-6265-053-4 ISBN 978-94-6265-054-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-6265-054-1 Library of Congress Control Number: 2014958894 Published by t.m.c. asser press, The Hague, The Netherlands www.asserpress.nl Produced and distributed for t.m.c. asser press by Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg © t.m.c. asser press and the author 2015 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Dordrecht is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Dedicated to my beloved wife, Dr. Adiatu A. Thompson. In the words of William Shakespeare: “… Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no; it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempest, and is never shaken;”
Foreword
In the series of consultations on the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, which emerged as the first hybrid international war tribunal in the world— and notwithstanding, at that particular point in time, the dysfunctional state of the country
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