Augustine Gbao also known as Augustine Bao (born 13 August 1948) is a Sierra Leonean former paramilitary commander of the RUF. As Sierra Leone's civil war wound down in 2002 after 11 years of fighting marked by some of the most brutal human-rights abuses in history, much of that fueled by competition over the country's diamond fields, the leaders of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) and other militias, as well as their sponsor, Liberian President Charles Taylor, negotiated themselves an amnesty. Work began as part of a post-war response and went on to see GOAL play a central role in the 2014 Ebola response. Sierre Leone rebel commanders Augustine Gbao, left, and Issa Sesay appear in court in June 2004 at the U.N.-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The Special Court for Sierra Leone, or the "Special Court" (SCSL), also called the Sierra Leone Tribunal, was a judicial body set up by the government of Sierra Leone and the United Nations to "prosecute persons who bear the greatest responsibility for serious violations of international humanitarian law and Sierra Leonean law" committed in Sierra Leone after 30 November … This video is unavailable. The Special Court's mandate is to try only "those who bear greatest responsibility for atrocities committed in Sierra Leone." An international tribunal has found three Sierra Leone rebels guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. View John Kenous Gbao’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. L'accord est signé en janvier 2002 entre les Nations unies et le gouvernement sierra-léonais et ratifié par le Parlement de la Sierra Leone en mars de la même année.

From about … Prior to the May 1997 coup in Sierra Leone, he was the Commander of the RUF Internal Defence Unit, in command of all RUF security units. Revolutionary United Front (RUF), also called Revolutionary United Front/Sierra Leone, guerrilla unit formed in 1991 in Sierra Leone whose actions created instability in the country that led to the overthrow of the government and a long civil war. He was a senior commander in the RUF … He was a …

View Alicious Gbao’s profile on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional community. In February 2009, he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone and sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Watch Queue Queue SCSL—2004-15-PT 5 July 2004 Freetown, Sierra Leone 1. RUF leaders Issa Sesay, 38, and Morris Kallon, 45, were convicted of 16 of the 18 charges, while Augustine Gbao, 60, was found guilty on 14 of the counts.

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Alicious’ education is listed on their profile. Augustine Gbao (born 13 August 1948), also spelled as Augustine Bao, is a former paramilitary commander of the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in the Sierra Leone Civil War.In February 2009, he was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the Special Court for Sierra Leone and sentenced to 25 years in prison.

Sierra Leone's international war crimes tribunal has indicted a former battlefield commander from the rebel movement that waged a brutal decade-long civil war. From mid-1998 to January 2002 he was Overall Security Commander of the AFRC/RUF, and commanded all security and intelligence units in the AFRC/RUF forces.

Mr. Gbao was convicted on fourteen counts of crimes against humanity by the Court on March 2, 2009, and sentenced to twenty-five years of imprisonment on April 8, 2009. GBAO - Order pursuant to Rule 72(E) - Defence preliminary motion on the invalidity of the agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Sierra Leone on the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. John Kenous has 4 jobs listed on their profile. Watch Queue Queue. Augustine Gbao … Interview with RUF Colonel Augustine Gbao. Peter C. Andersen 12 June 2001 - Lunsar, Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Web. From about November 1996 to April 1997 he was a senior RUF commander in Kailahun District.

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GOAL has worked in Sierra Leone since 1999. Special Court for Sierra Leone Against Issa Hassan Sesay Morris Kallon Augustine Gbao An Amended Consolidated Indictment Case No. Colonel Augustine Gbao, the Revolutionary United Front's Chief of Security, lounges in the shade at Lunsar's Murialdo Secondary School and complains to a Bangladeshi peacekeeper about the deployment of Sierra Leone Army troops in the country's …

With 130 team members, our programme in Sierra Leone currently operates in six of the country’s 16 districts: Western Area Urban, Kambia, Kenema, Bombali, Koinadugu and Moyamba. On January 10, 2020, the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone decided that Augustine Gbao is eligible for consideration for early release from prison.