Tazreena Sajjad

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#wpsilverscreen: no reliable statistics on the no of amputees and war victims but it is thought the figure may run into several thousands.

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#wpsilverscreen: all trials are not completed yet; some cases are ongoing

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#wpsilverscreen: trial of sessay shown here only; SCSL indicted 21 individuals,

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#wpsilverscreen: With help from a new UN mandate, Guinean air support, the British def RUF.
18 Jan. 2002, the Civil War officially over

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#wpsilverscreen: RUF did not meet their end of the bargain so crisis again ensued. British intervened to save failing UN mission and govt

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#wpsilverscreen: long answer Casey
In Jan 1999, world leaders intervened to promote negotiations between the RUF and the government

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#wpsilverscreen: there were mant who joined voluntarily; but a significant majority were kidnapped, coerced & forced children and women

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#wpsilverscreen: intl defense lawyers can also come from networks and NGOs such as the International Criminal Defence Attorneys Association

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#wpsilverscreen: alleged criminals can hire, also you have intl defense lawyers who volunteer, or are appointed by the court in question

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#wpsilverscreen: work with children for e.g. done by SOS children's village, UNICEF, intl rescue committee, list is long

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#wpsilverscreen: great q peter; many domestic, national and Un agencies have been working with child soldiers, amputees, women, etc

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#wpsilverscreen: there are about 25 languages in sierra leone; english is the official language krio is one of them

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#wpsilverscreen: forced labor also used for military conscription

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#wpsilverscreen: anothe great q. "conflict/blood" diamonds primary source of conflict; also in angola

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#wpsilverscreen: not all witnesses can testify; has to go thru screening processes

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#wpsilverscreen: selection of witnesses long, complicated they have to volunteer, convinced of their security, have to be deemed reliable

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#wpsilverscreen: great q. detainees are in held in detention centers in Hague. once sentencing is done, transferred outside netherlands

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@PeterMorfe interesting analogy!

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#wpsilverscreen: will talk more about this after the doc is over

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#wpsilverscreen: very good q. Maura; imp. in conflict situations to try all guilty; nos r 2 overwhelming; no court can handle all cases