The sierra leone truth and reconciliation commission

Transitional Justice in the Twenty-First Century: Beyond Truth Versus Justice

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 21-42

  Schabas, William A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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EID: 84925670769     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511617911.003     Document Type: Chapter

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3. Daniel Macaluso, “Absolute and Free Pardon: The Effect of the Amnesty Provision in the Lome Peace Agreement on the Jurisdiction of the Special Court for Sierra Leone”, (2001) Brooklyn Journal of International Law 27, p. 347.
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