Diamonds, Trials & 'Savage Pit'. Chris Tenove.
by Tenove, Chris; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 59Human Relations. Publisher: Toronto Star, 2005ISSN: 1522-3248;.Subject(s): -- History -- Civil War (1991-2002) -- Atrocities | -- Sierra Leone | War crime trials -- Sierra Leone | War criminals | War victimsDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Can international trials bring justice to Sierra Leone? That question was asked soon after the United Nations sent its largest-ever peacekeeping force into this New Brunswick-sized country on the West African coast." (TORONTO STAR) The author relates how most Sierra Leoneans "are grateful that some commanders are being tried. But they ask why such a tiny number of perpetrators are being brought to justice" in war-crimes trials for atrocities committed during the country's brutal civil war.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Diamonds, Trials & 'Savage Pit', July 17, 2005; pp. A12+.
"Can international trials bring justice to Sierra Leone? That question was asked soon after the United Nations sent its largest-ever peacekeeping force into this New Brunswick-sized country on the West African coast." (TORONTO STAR) The author relates how most Sierra Leoneans "are grateful that some commanders are being tried. But they ask why such a tiny number of perpetrators are being brought to justice" in war-crimes trials for atrocities committed during the country's brutal civil war.
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