The Sierra Leone war crimes court will deliver its last appeal judgment in Freetown on 26 October. The case concerns three former members of Sierra Leone’s Revolutionary United Front (RUF).

Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao were all convicted in February 2009 for war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL). These included first-ever convictions for forced marriage as a crime against humanity, and for attacks against United Nations peacekeepers. They were sentenced in April 2009 at terms of imprisonment of 52, 40 and 25 years, respectively.

This will be the last judgment to be delivered in Freetown. Two other trials held in Freetown are complete, including appeal. The Special Court’s trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor is in the defence phase at The Hague.

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