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Sierra Leone’s disconnection between reform and justice

By Abu Bakarr Jalloh

Post-conflict Sierra Leone still has the opportunity to establish connections between reform and citizens’ ability to enjoy realistic and lasting justice.

The recommendations of the 2004 Report published by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that investigated the causes of the arm conflict suggest that the country has to deliver justice to citizens to avoid a repeat of the catastrophic war that lasted from 1991-2002, killing over 70,000 people and displacing about half of the population.

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