Indictment Against Santigie Borbor Kanu, 15 September 2003

This chapter is the third in Part One of the this book on the law reports of the special court for Sierra Leone. The accused is Santigie Borbor Kanu, who joined the Sierra Leone Army (SLA) on 27 November 1990 and rose to the rank of Sergeant. Members of the RUF, AFRC, Junta and/or AFRC/RUF forces (AFRC/RUF), subordinate to and/or acting in concert with SANTIGIE BORBOR KANU, conducted armed attacks throughout the territory of the Republic of Sierra Leone primarily to terrorize the civilian population, but also were used to punish the population for failing to provide suffficient support to the AFRC/RUF, or for allegedly providing support to the Kabbah government or to pro-government forces. KANU was individually criminally responsible for the crimes alleged below Acts of Terrorism, a VIOLATION OF ARTICLE 3 COMMON TO THE GENEVA CONVENTIONS AND OF ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL II, punishable under Article 3.d. of the Statute. Keywords:Acts of Terrorism; Geneva Conventions; indictment; Kabbah government; Republic of Sierra Leone; Santigie Borbor Kanu; Sierra Leone Army (SLA)