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Accountability and Reconciliation-What we have tried,what works –The
Sierra Leone Experience By
Reginald S.Fynn
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The Government
RUF
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RUF CDF
ECOMOG
sobels
ULIMO
Govt.
UNAMSIL
NPFL
78,000 combatants in all
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What caused the War?
•Corruption•Unemployment
•Poverty•One Party State
•Suppression of Dissent•Diamonds
•International influences•Etc.
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The character of the war?
- BRUTAL.
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Peace efforts
• National consultative conferences 1995
• Abidjan peace accord 1996
• Conakry six month plan
• Abuja peace talk 1997
• Lome peace accord 1999
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Lome Peace Accord
• Power sharing
• Amnesty
• Special war fund
• Truth and reconciliation commission
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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
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The Special Court for Sierra Leone 2002
• To try those who bear the greatest responsibility
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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)
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….and more concerns• Reparation for victims
• Good governance issues;Corruption,civil freedoms
• Legal reform and access to justice
• Poverty and unemployment