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Legal Brief for the Defence<br />

Rome Statute Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,<br />

<strong>World</strong>MUN The Prosecutor v Joseph Al-<strong>Assad</strong><br />

opened for signature 17 July 1998, 2187 UNTS 90<br />

(entered into force 1 July 2002).<br />

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,<br />

opened for signature 19 December 1966, 999, UNTS<br />

171 (entered into force 23 March 1976) Articles 9-14.<br />

Accession by Sierra Leone 23 August 1996.<br />

ICTR Statute SC Res 955, UN SCOR, 49 th sess, 3453 rd mtg, UN Doc<br />

S/RES/955 (8 November 1994) annex (‘Statute of the<br />

International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda’).<br />

SCSL Statute Agreement between the <strong>United</strong> <strong>Nations</strong> and the<br />

Conventions:<br />

Government of Sierra Leone on the Establishment of a<br />

Special Court for Sierra Leone, opened for signature 16<br />

January 2002, 2178 UNTS 137 (entered into force 12<br />

April 2002) annex (‘Statute of the Special Court for<br />

Sierra Leone’).<br />

Vienna Convention Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, opened for<br />

Books:<br />

signature 23 May 1969, 1155 UNTS 331 (entered into<br />

forced 27 January 1980).<br />

Robert Cryer et al, An Introduction to International Criminal Law and Procedure<br />

(Cambridge University Press, 2 nd ed, 2010).<br />

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