The Gender Jurisprudence of the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Progress in the Revolutionary United Front Judgments

Mining and Environmental Degradation: a Gift Brings Grief Scenario for Mining Communities in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is blessed with abundant natural resources but yet prone to environmental degradation due to the mining operations. Most often, the mining communities are faced with social tensions, as a result of the possible trade-off between the expected employment impact and the cost of mining operations to the environment. Over the past decades, the contribution of the mining sector to the de...

Gender and the Charles Taylor Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone

State Succession in respect of “Right to Reparation” in Jurisprudence of International Court of Justice

Transferring right to reparation, as one of the consequences of succession of states, has always been debatable. International court of justice, meanwhile, has issued decisions which has consisted of the said issue in its proceedings, that is necessiating to revisiting them. The article in hands, explains the views of international court of justice (ICJ) on how the judicial organ of the united ...

Diamonds, Foreign Aid, and the Uncertain Prospects for Post-Conflict Reconstruction in Sierra Leone

This article examines the external and internal dimensions of post-conflict reconstruction in Sierra Leone. The United Nations, bilateral donors such as the United Kingdom, and transnational non-governmental organizations and aid agencies have been instrumental in providing much-needed external assistance to Sierra Leone during the latter stages of its civil war and in the immediate post-war pe...

مسؤولیت مدنی ناشی از احتمال ابتلای به بیماری در حقوق ایران و امریکا

The probability of infection of disease is an issue that may be a concern for many citizens, especially for people regarding to their jobs or by having dangerous relations and etc. are exposed to infection by this kind of disease. The assumption is where that person presently is not diagnosed with any disease and also in the future hisher infection is uncertain but often it is probable that the...