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U.S. Support for Sierra Leone Peace Agreement Involving Amnesty

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 March 2017

Sean D. Murphy
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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 94 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 369 - 371
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Copyright © American Society of International Law 2000

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References

1 See Report of the Secretary-General on Sierra Leone, para. 4, UN Doc. S/1997/80 (1997); see also Second Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/1997/958 (1997); Third Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/1998/103 (1998); Fourth Report of the Secretary-General on the Situation in Sierra Leone, UN Doc. S/1998/249 (1998).

2 Peace Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone, Nov. 30,1996, reprinted in Letter Dated 11 December from the Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations Addressed to the Secretary-General, UN Doc. S /1996/1034, annex (1996).

3 For example, the rebels reportedly began cutting off the hands of civilians in retribution for their having voted for Mr. Kabbah by using their thumb prints on the ballots. Norimitsu Onishi, Sierra Leone Victims and Rebels Hear Albright's Message of Peace, N.Y. TIMES, Oct. 19,1999, at A l. For a report on the atrocities, see Amnesty International, Sierra Leone: A Disastrous Set-Back for Human Rights, AFR 51/05/97 (October 1997), available in <http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1997/AFR/15100597.htm>.

4 Sec Amnesty International, Sierra Leone-1998: A Year of Atrocities Against Civilians, AFR 51/22/98 (November 1998), available in <http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/aipub/1998/AFR/15102298.htm>.

5 Peace Agreement Between the Government of Sierra Leone and the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone, July 7,1999, reprinted in Letter Dated 12July 1999 from the Charge d’Affaires ad interim of the Permanent Mission of Togo to the United Nations Addressed to the President of the Security Council, UN Doc. S/1999/777, annex (1999) [hereinafter Peace Agreement of July 7,1999]. To assist in implementation of the agreement, the Security Council established the UN Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL). SC Res. 1270 (Oct. 22,1999); see Letter Dated 23 December 1999 from the Secretary-General Addressed to the President of the Security Council, UN Doc. S/1999/1285 (1999).

6 Peace Agreement of Tuly 7, 1999, supra note 5, Art. IX(2).

7 Id., Art. XXVI(l).

8 Statement on the Sierra Leone Peace Agreement, 35 WEEKLY COMP. PRES. DOC. 1308 (July 12, 1999).

9 Susan Rice, U.S. Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Briefing on Africa with Gayle Smith, National Security Council Senior Director for African Affairs (July 15, 1999), available in <http://www.state.gov/www/policy_remarks/1999/990715_ricesmith_africa.html>. For criticisms, see Steven Mufson, U.S. Bachs Role for Rebels in W. Africa, WASH. POST, Oct. 18,1999, at A13; Karl Vick, Sierra Leones Unjust Peace, WASH. POST, Oct. 19,1999, at A12.