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Accountability and Reconciliation- What we have tried,what works –The Sierra Leone Experience

Accountability and Reconciliation- What we have tried,what works –The Sierra Leone Experience. By Reginald S.Fynn. The Government. RUF. ULIMO. NPFL. Govt. ECOMOG. RUF. CDF. UNAMSIL. sobels. 78,000 combatants in all. What caused the War?. Corruption Unemployment Poverty

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Accountability and Reconciliation- What we have tried,what works –The Sierra Leone Experience

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  1. Accountability and Reconciliation-What we have tried,what works –The Sierra Leone Experience By Reginald S.Fynn

  2. The Government RUF

  3. ULIMO NPFL Govt. ECOMOG RUF CDF UNAMSIL sobels 78,000 combatants in all

  4. What caused the War? • Corruption • Unemployment • Poverty • One Party State • Suppression of Dissent • Diamonds • International influences • Etc.

  5. The character of the war? - BRUTAL.

  6. Peace efforts • National consultative conferences 1995 • Abidjan peace accord 1996 • Conakry six month plan • Abuja peace talk 1997 • Lome peace accord 1999

  7. Lome Peace Accord • Power sharing • Amnesty • Special war fund • Truth and reconciliation commission

  8. Truth and Reconciliation Commission Act 2000 • To create an impartial historical record • To address impunity • To investigate and report • To promote the process of healing and reconciliation

  9. The Special Court for Sierra Leone 2002 • To try those who bear the greatest responsibility

  10. Concerns • Who’s truth? The victors? • The whole truth? • Amnesty abandoned. Any effect on the sanctity of agreements? • Special court vs. National court • Special court vs. TRC (was truth sacrificed at the alter of justice)

  11. ….and more concerns • Reparation for victims • Good governance issues;Corruption,civil freedoms • Legal reform and access to justice • Poverty and unemployment  

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