Sierra Leone: Rwanda Correctional Service Hosts UN Court Registrar for Sierra Leone

Rwanda Correctional Service on Wednesday, October 15, received a delegation from the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone, who were in the country to review the progress of a 2009 agreement, which saw people convicted by the court transferred to Rwanda to serve their sentences.

The residual mechanism replaced the Special Court for Sierra Leone, a United Nations-affiliated tribunal set up in 2002 at the request of the West African country to handle crimes against civilians and UN peacekeepers…