법의 지배와 평화구축: 시에라리온특별재판소(the Special Court for Sierra Leone)의 경우를 중심으로

From the 1990s, the international community and the international organizations have been working on diverse peacebuilding projects to support reconstruction of war-torn countries. One of the important tools in peacebuilding has been rule of law reforms. During the civil war, Sierra Leone experienced one of the worst human rights violations in the world. To bring justice, the Sierra Leone government and the United Nations signed an agreement to establish an independent ad hoc international criminal court. Therefore, the world’s first hybrid court, the Special Court for Sierra Leone was established in 2002 and lasted until 2013. The Special Court for Sierra Leone has been praised for bringing justice by prosecuting people who had previously received blanket amnesty from peace agreement and also for the decisions on the matters of child soldier, sex slavery, forced marriage, and attacks on peacekeepers. There has also been, however, criticisms over the Special Court such as not having much influence on the Sierra Leone’s legal system. This paper discusses about how the Special Court influenced Sierra Leone and how much it contributed to rule of law and peacebuilding.