Overview
- Written by a former Presiding Judge of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
- Provides an insight into the existing state of law in Sierra Leone
- Pinpoints the deficiencies in the law and factors inhibiting the exercise of universal jurisdiction in this UN member state
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: International Criminal Justice Series (ICJS, volume 3)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The doctrine of universal jurisdiction has evolved throughout modern times in the context of global criminal justice as a paramount agent of combating impunity emanating from international criminality. Sierra Leone, as a member of the international community and the United Nations, has, in recent times, been a pioneer in the progressive application and development of international criminal law in the African region. Despite this role, the country’s profile, both in terms of the incorporation and application of the doctrine of universal jurisdiction, is deficient in several major respects falling far short of its dual international obligation not to provide safe havens from justice for perpetrators of international crimes and to combat impunity from such criminogenic acts. Hence, a compelling reason for the author to write this book was to provide a seminal scholarly work on the subject articulating the existing state of the law in Sierra Leone and highlighting the deficiencies in the law and factors inhibiting the exercise of universal jurisdiction in this UN member state. It was also to propose necessary substantive and procedural law reforms in the state’s jurisprudence on the subject.
The book is recommended reading for practitioners and scholars in international criminal law and related disciplines. Its accessibility is highly enhanced by relevant tables and summaries of each chapter.Â
Justice Rosolu J.B. Thompson is Professor Emeritus of Criminal Justice Studies, Eastern Kentucky University, USA. He was a member of and Presiding Judge in Trial Chamber I of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Universal Jurisdiction: The Sierra Leone Profile
Authors: Justice Bankole Thompson
Series Title: International Criminal Justice Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-054-1
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE, part of Springer Nature 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-053-4Published: 27 March 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6265-054-1Published: 12 March 2015
Series ISSN: 2352-6718
Series E-ISSN: 2352-6726
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 141
Topics: International Criminal Law, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict, Human Rights
