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The Special Court Facility

The Public Affairs Chief of the Special Court Peter Andersen has disclosed that the detention facilities of the Court will be officially handed over to the government of Sierra Leone on Monday 16th November 2009
As the Special Court of Sierra Leone is coming to an end with just the trial of Charles Taylor presently going on in The Hague The Netherlands the Acting Prosecutor Joseph Kamara has disclosed that as part of the legacy of the Court they intend to use the detention facility of the Court be used for convicted women prisoner who are with children.
He said that they have looked and observed the function of the dentition facilities as they were clearly design for detention facilities, so this facility could be used for women and children.
He went on “if you go to Pademba Road today you know the state of the prison condition as there are women with children there so if we have this detention facility it will be air marked for such victims even though they maybe convicts but they are still entitle to some special treatment.”
Mr. Kamara said that under the statute, of the court “this premise belong to the government of Sierra Leone and it shall return to the government of Sierra Leone, but the government has given us the indication that its seek our assistance in identifying option for which we can put this edifice into use.”
He went that about few weeks ago they had an international conference in the premises were international donors were invited together with other management consultants, so that they can able to assist the government in telling them what to do.  And that the donors were there to forge the way forward on how best they can utilize this facility and that the donors and consultant has also studied the acreage of the site. Joseph Kamara further disclosed that one of the options that were available for the use of the court is that it should be turned into a judicial training center not only for Sierra Leone or the sub region by maybe even the ICC can also use it as an associate court. So that is one of the areas that have been explored “so we will tell the government that if you want this option as a judicial training center, this is what and what you will happen.”
The prosecutor also disclosed that “there is also talk of premises be having a multi functional use.  And it could be  used as a peace museum, the security building at the entrance of the court has been identify as the peace museum so that we can memorialize the war positively for our people like in Rwanda and we have receive funding about $200, 000. That work will definitely take off the ground soon and that will start before the end of the year.”
He went on to state that they have been  approach by the civil service thinking that part of the court may be used as an Advanced Institute for the Civil Service.
“We all know the state of the quality of the Civil Service in this country so if there is an advance cause for the civil college in this country and this facility could provide for it, we are also looking and examining that option” he said.  
Speaking at the court building Joseph Kamara said “the edifice that is the court can be use for Supreme Court sittings even if it is used as Judicial Training Center they can have it for their sittings and the building can be made available to them when they have cases.
During the cocaine case, the difficulty of transport and everything, this would be very ideal so these are the options available but again the list is not exhaustively  and we still need suggestions of our best we can use this court not only for ourselves but for our children to know the working of the court.”