Bibliography on TRC/ Special Court

1. Special Court documents

• Practice Direction on the Procedure Following a Request by a National Authority or Truth & Reconciliation Commission to Take a Statement from a Person in the Custody of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (9 September 2003, amended on 4 October 2003), available at: http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=8km93ZzghVU%3d&tabid=176

• Trial Chamber Decision on the Request by the TRC of Sierra Leone to Conduct a Public Hearing with the Samuel Hinga Norman (Case No SCSL-2003-08-PT), available at: http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=wZfWNvJbMvU%3d&tabid=153 

• Decision on Appeal by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Sierra Leone and Chief Samuel Hinga Norman (Case No SCSL-2003-08-PT), available at: http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=8%2bfI%2b9mgUJw%3d&tabid=193 (part 1) and http://www.sc-sl.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=rYK5weliv5I=&tabid=193 (part 2)

  

2. Selected list of academic articles and other papers discussing the relationship 

• BASSIN, A.S. and VAN ZYL, P.: The story of Samuel Hinga Norman in Sierra Leone: can truth commissions and criminal prosecutions coexist after conflict? / Ari S. Bassin & Paul Van Zyl in HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCACY STORIES / edited by Deena R. Hurwitz, Margaret L. Satterthwaite ; with Doug Ford, New York : Foundation Press ; [Eagan, Minn.] : Thomson/West, c2009, available at http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/7813792
   
• BOISTER, N.: Failing to get to the Heart of the Matter in Sierra Leone? The Truth Commission is Denied Unrestricted Access to Chief Hinga Norman, JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1100-1117 (2004)

• EVENSON, E.M.: Truth and Justice in Sierra Leone: Coordination between Commission and Court, 104(3) COLUMBIA LAW REVIEW 730-767 (2004)

• HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: Interrelationship Between the Sierra Leone Special Court and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (policy paper), 18 April 2002, available at http://www.hrw.org/news/2002/04/18/interrelationship-between-sierra-leone-special-court-and-truth-and-reconciliation-co

• NESBITT, M.: Lessons from the Sam Hinga Norman Decision of the Special Court for Sierra Leone: How Trials and Truth Commissions Can Co-Exist, 8(10) GERMAN LAW JOURNAL 977-1014 (2007)

• OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MINISTRY OF JUSTICE SPECIAL COURT TASK FORCE, Briefing Paper on Relationship Between the Special Court and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: Legal Analysis and Policy Considerations of the Government of Sierra Leone for the Special Court Planning Mission (Planning Mission Briefing Series, 7-18 January 2002), available at http://trim.unictr.org/webdrawer/rec/31589/view/
   
• SAWYER, E., KELSALL, T. (2007) Truth vs. justice? Popular views on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, The online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution,  7.1, 36-68
   
• SCHABAS, W.A.: The Relationship Between Truth Commissions and International Courts: The Case of Sierra Leone, 25(4) HUMAN RIGHTS QUARTERLY 1035 (2003)

• SCHABAS, W.A.: Conjoined Twins of Transitional Justice? The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court, 2(4) JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE 1082-1099 (2004)

• SCHABAS, W.A.: A Synergistic Relationship: The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, 15 CRIMINAL LAW FORUM 3, 25-41 (2004)

• TEJAN-COLE, A.: The Complementary and Conflicting Relationship between the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, 6 YALE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEVELOPMENT LAW JOURNAL 139-160 (2003)

• VARNEY, H.: Retribution and Reconciliation: War Crimes Tribunals and Truth Commissions – can they work together? Published in OUR FREEDOMS: A DECADE’S REFLECTION ON THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS INSTITUTE OF THE INTERNATIONAL BAR ASSOCIATION, 2007

• WIERDA, M., HAYNER, P., VAN ZYL, P.: Exploring the Relationship between the Special Court and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE (report), 24 June 2002, available at http://ictj.org/sites/default/files/ICTJ-SierraLeone-Court-TRC-2002-English.pdf