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