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Sophie Kerlin - Amnesty
International, ASUW (student)
Current Humanitarian Situation in Sierra Leone
Sophie Kerlin was born in Guinea and raised in Liberia.
She considers herself a fortunate survivor of the civil war in Liberia.
She has worked with United Nation High Commission for Refugees in
Guinea, West Africa and the Plan International in Guinea.
Currently, Ms. Kerlin is a graduate student in Communications
at ASU West. She has an undergraduated degree in Global Business and
a minor in Pre-Law. As an undergraduate she served as Student Coordinator
for AI-ASUW from 2000 - 2001 and is currently serving in as interim
coordinator. Sophie is a recognized Amnesty International Student
Trainer.
Sophie has traveled in many parts of Africa and Europe,
including Ghana, Rwanda, Kenya, Sierra Leone, Morocco, the Ivory Coast,
and France.
BIBLIOGRAPHY and RELATED RESOURCES
Film / Video
Lilibet, Foster. Operation
Fine Girl : rape used as a weapon of war in Sierra Leone. New York
: Witness, c2001.
HV6569.S5 O64 2001 - Fletcher Library West Video
Documentary about the use of sexual violence against
women as a weapon in the Sierra Leone civil war. Includes public performance
rights. View
Excerpts.
Lander, Ned. 50
years of silence : the story of Jan Ruff-O'Herne. New York, N.Y.
: First Run/Icarus Films, c1994.
D810.C698 A15x 1994 - Fletcher Library West Video
The war-time experiences of Jan Ruff-O'Herne and
other young Dutch women who were forced to be prostitutes in Semarang
when they and their families were imprisoned in camps by the Japanese
in Indonesia during World War Two. Includes public performance rights.
Web Sites
Journal Articles - All articles are available in full text
via ASU library databases.
To find the following articles use the Eletronic
Journals page to find the name of the journal. After locating
and linking to the journal, browse to the article using the dates
listed in the citation.
From Lexis
Nexis -- Legal Research -- Law Reviews:
- The Special Court for Sierra Leone: Overview and Recommendations,
By Celina Schocken. Berkeley Journal of International Law Berkeley
Journal of International Law, 2002, 20 Berkeley J. Int'l L. 436,
15568 words.
- Absolute and Free Pardon: the effect of the Amnesty Provision in
the Lome Peace Agreement on the Jurisdiction of the Special Court
for Sierra Leone, Daniel J. Macaluso. Brooklyn Law School Brooklyn
Journal of International Law, 2001, 27 Brooklyn J. Int'l L. 347,
13918 words.
- Current Apathy for Coming Anarchy: Buliding the Special Court for
Sierra Leone, Nicole Fritz& Alison Smith. Fordham University
School of Law Fordham International Law Journal, December, 2001,
25 Fordham Int'l L.J. 391, 17236 words.
- Beyond Impunity: Can International Criminal Justice Prevent Future
Atrocities?, By Payam Akhavan. The American Society of International
Law The American Journal International Law, January, 2001, 95
A.J.I.L. 7, 19392 words.
- New Mechanisms for the Enforcement of International Humanitarian
Law, Daryl A. Mundis. The American Society of International Law
The American Journal International Law, October, 2001, 95 A.J.I.L.
934, 13811 words.
From Academic
Search Elite (EbscoHost)
- Failed States in a World of Terror.; By: Rotberg, Robert I..,
Foreign Affairs, Jul/Aug2002, Vol. 81 Issue 4, p127, 14p, 2bw
The article discusses the immediacy
and importance of addressing the problem of failed nation-states in
the wake of September 11, 2001. Today's failed states have come to
be feared as reservoirs and exporters of terror. Seven failed states
exist today: Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC), Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Sudan. The instability
that these countries harbor not only threatens the lives and livelihoods
of their own people but also endangers world peace.
- Truth and Consequences.; By: Tepperman, Jonathan D.., Foreign
Affairs, Mar/Apr2002, Vol. 81 Issue 2, p128, 18p
More than 21 truth commissions have
been established since 1972. Despite their popularity, however, almost
everything about the truth commissions is the subject of intense debate.
And much of the criticism has come from the mainstream human rights
community. Truth commissions face two basic types of problems: those
that are avoidable and those that are inherent.
- The Protection of Children and the Quest for Truth and Justice
in Sierra Leone.; By: Cohn, Ilene., Journal of International Affairs,
Fall2001, Vol. 55 Issue 1, p1, 34p.
Focuses on the protection of children
in the armed conflict in Sierra Leone. Efforts to establish a justice
system by international agencies and local ministries for abuses of
warring parties; Disagreements among human rights advocates; Involvement
of the UN; Role of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in investigating
the impact of war on children.
From Periodical
Abstracts
- Prevalence of War-Related Sexual Violence and Other Human Rights
Abuses Among Internally Displaced Persons in Sierra Leone.; By: Amowitz,
Lynn L.; Reis, Chen; et al., JAMA: Journal of the American Medical
Association, 1/23/2002, Vol. 287 Issue 4, p513, 9p, 4 charts,
1 map.
Discusses a study which concluded that
sexual violence against women, committed by combatants in Sierra Leone,
was widespread and was perpetrated in the context of a high level
of human rights abuses against the civilian population. Sierra Leone's
decade-long conflict in which all parties to the conflict committed
abuses; Human rights abuses reported among household members; Demographic
characteristics and health perceptions among study respondents; Attitudes
towards women's human rights and roles in society.
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Women and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
in Sierra Leone
Urge the UN and the government of Sierra Leone to ensure that women
are well represented in positions of authority as well as in positions
of support (interpreters, counselors, etc.) in both the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission (TRC) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. [View
Petition]
Urge the Mexican government to investigate the dissappearances
of over 200 women in northern Mexico
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