The U.N. Special Court for Sierra Leone found ... in the Revolutionary United Front guerrilla movement -- were known for hacking off civilians' hands and feet during the war, which stood out ...

Eight people have now been convicted of war crimes connected with the conflict ... cannot impose the death penalty. The RUF seized most of Sierra Leone from the government and fought international ...

Former Liberian president Charles Taylor is in a detention centre in The Hague, facing 11 charges of war ... for Sierra Leone has accused Taylor of selling diamonds to finance the RUF.

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 ...

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 ...

His work included prosecuting crimes and advising commanders and service members in the laws of war. At the Special Court for Sierra Leone, he oversaw investigative and trial teams, including the one ...

Charles Taylor, the exiled former leader of Liberia who escaped custody days after Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo agreed to transfer him to face war crimes charges in Sierra Leone.

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 ...