Peace Through Law

Case Sheet · SCSL Independent Counsel v. Bangura, Kargbo, Kanu and Kamara Case Number SCSL-11-02 Case name Contempt  Status Closed · Sentence Served     Context Members of the AFRC. Pre-Trial Indictment 24 May 2011 Crimes Charged Contempt Contempt · Rule 77 RPE Initial Appearance Bangura, Kanu and Kamara 15 July 2011 · Plea: Not Guilty Kargbo 15 July 2011 · Plea: Guilty Trial Trial Chamber Trial Chamber I · Single Judge Justice Teresa Doherty Trial Judgment 1 October 20...

Case Sheet · SCSL Independent Counsel v. Eric Koi Senessie Case Number SCSL-11-01 Case name Contempt - Eric Koi Senessie Status Closed · Sentence Served     Context Eric Koi Senessie was a former member of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). Pre-Trial Indictment 24 May 2011 Crimes Charged Contempt Contempt · Rule 77 RPE Initial Appearance 15 July 2011 · Plea: Not Guilty Trial Trial Chamber Trial Chamber I · Single Judge Justice Teresa Doherty Trial Judgment 21 June 2...

Case Sheet · SCSL Independent Counsel v. Margaret Fomba Brima, Neneh Binta Bah Jalloh Ester Kamara, and Anifa Kamara Case Number SCSL-05-02 / SCSL-05-03 Case name Contempt  Status Closed · Sentence Served     Context Margaret Fomba Brima, Neneh Binta Bah Jalloh Ester Kamara, and Anifa Kamara were part of the Tamba Brima defence team. Pre-Trial Indictment 29 April 2005 Crimes Charged Contempt Contempt · Rule 77 RPE Initial Appearance 9 May · Plea: Not Guilty Guilty Plea Margaret Fomba Brima, Neneh Binta Bah Jalloh Ester Kamara · 27 July 2005 Anifa Kamara...

Case Sheet · SCSL Counsel v. Prince Taylor Case Number SCSL-12-02 Case name Contempt - Prince Taylor Status Closed · Sentence Served     Context Prince Taylor was a  former Special Court defence investigator who most recently had worked for the Charles Taylor defence team. Pre-Trial Indictment 4 October 2012 Crimes Charged Contempt Contempt · Rule 77 RPE Initial Appearance 6 October 2012 · Plea: Not Guilty Trial Trial Chamber Trial Chamber I · Single Judge Justice Teresa Doherty ...

Case Sheet · SCSL Independent Counsel v. Brima Samura Case Number SCSL-05-01 Case name Contempt - Brima Samura Status Acquitted   Context Brima Samura  was attached to the Tamba Brima Defence as an investigator. Pre-Trial Indictment 29 April 2005 Crimes Charged Contempt Contempt · Rule 77 RPE Initial Appearance 4 May 2005 · Plea: Not Guilty Trial Trial Chamber Trial Chamber I · Single Judge Hon. Justice Pierre Boutet Trial Opening 5 May 2005 Trial...

Case Sheet · SCSL The Prosecutor v. Charles Ghankay Taylor Case Number SCSL-12-01 Case Name Contempt - Charles Ghankay Taylor Status   Acquitted   Context  Charles Ghankay Taylor was the  defence counsel for Charles Taylor. Pre-Trial Indictment 17 February 2011 Crimes Charged Contempt Contempt · Rule 77 RPE Trial Trial Chamber Trial Chamber II · Single Judge Justice Teresa Doherty Trial Judgment 19 October 2012 · Acquitted Key Documents Judgment Judgment (2...

Case Sheet · SCSL The Prosecutor v. Sam Bockarie Case Number SCSL-03-04 case Name RUF Status Closed · Deceased   Context Sam Bockarie was the Battlefield Commander for the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). In 1999 he broke with RUF leader Foday Sankoh and fled to Liberia. Pre-Trial Indictment 6 March 2003 Crimes Charged Crimes against humanity Crime against humanity of murder · art. 2(a) SCSL Statute Crime against humanity of extermination · art. 2(b) SCSL Statute Crime against humanity of enslavement · art. 2(c) SCSL Statute Crime against humanity of rape · art. 2(g) SCSL Statute Crime against humanity of sexual slavery · art. 2(g) SCSL Statute Crime against humanity of other...

Case Sheet · SCSL The Prosecutor v. Johnny Paul Koroma Case Number SCSL-03-03 case Name AFRC Status Fugitive · At Large Context Johnny Paul Koroma  was made Chairman of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC) following the 25 May 1997 coup. Following the Lome Peace Accord in 1999, he joined the elected government as Chairman of the Commission for the Consolidation of Peace (CCP). In 2001 he formed a political party, the People’s Liberation Party (PLP), and was elected to Parliament in the 2002 elections. In January 2003 he was implicated in a coup attempt and fled Sierra Leone. Pre-Trial Indictment 7 March 2003 Crimes Charged Crimes against humanity Crime against humanity of murde...