During Sierra Leone’s civil war, child combatants armed with ... instances in which children recruited to the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) were compelled to commit abuses under threat ...

There is probably no country with as dire a need for a strong human rights commission than war-torn Sierra Leone ... condemnation of the RUF for the perpetration of war crimes and crimes against ...

a London human rights lawyer and former judge on the Sierra Leone war crimes tribunal. “Aggression is the supreme crime. Many other deaths and maimings follow from an act of war.” He said the court ...

He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war. His lawyers ... weapons to the Revolutionary United Front rebels in exchange for ...

Augustine Gbao, 72, a former leader of the Revolutionary United Front ... convicted war criminal Charles Taylor -- who is serving a 50-year sentence for crimes committed in Sierra Leone ...

The RPCA has pioneered the Longitudinal Study of War-affected Youth (LSWAY) that began in 2002 at the end of Sierra Leone’s civil war. Funded through multiple National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH ...