{"id":19276,"date":"2011-02-08T16:14:43","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T21:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=19276"},"modified":"2011-02-08T16:14:43","modified_gmt":"2011-02-08T21:14:43","slug":"uk-donates-1-million-to-special-court-for-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=19276","title":{"rendered":"UK donates \u00a31 million to Special Court for Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of support for Sierra Leone\u2019s post-conflict recovery efforts, the UK government has provided a further \u00a31 million to the Special Court for Sierra Leone. The grant will help the Court conclude the Charles Taylor trial in The Hague (which moves to closing arguments this week) and to move to residual functions in Sierra Leone quickly and efficiently; leaving a positive judicial legacy in the country.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The donation \u2013 coming at a crucial time in the business of the Court \u2013 underscores UK commitment and support to international criminal justice. British High Commissioner to Sierra Leone, Ian Hughes (in photo)\u00a0said, \u201cThe Special Court for Sierra Leone has been a pioneer in international jurisprudence. It\u2019s long, arduous task is coming to a close. It is important that its contribution to bringing elements of justice and closure to Sierra Leone includes leaving behind appropriate and sustainable arrangements for the implementation of its judgements. This grant will help to achieve that end\u201d.<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With long standing historical links and as a leading partner in Sierra Leone\u2019s post-conflict recovery efforts, the UK government is committed to helping the country recover from its turbulent past, which the Special Court for Sierra Leone has played a major role to deliver. In conjunction with the implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) findings, the success of the Special Court will help Sierra Leone establish itself as a peaceful, democratic and successful country.<\/p>\n<p><em>British High Commission, Freetown, Sierra Leone<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of support for Sierra Leone\u2019s post-conflict recovery efforts, the UK government has provided a further \u00a31 million to the Special Court for Sierra [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[671,1221,1],"tags":[6863,2387,5492,6623],"class_list":["post-19276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-press-releases","category-uncategorized","tag-british-high-commission-freetown","tag-ian-hughes","tag-sierra-leone-news","tag-special-court-for-sierra-leone"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/75801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}