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- Sebutinde Takes Tough Look to Sierra Leone.
- Sierra Leone lesbian activist murdered.(obituaries)(Fanny Ann…
- Mock case sets stage for the Saddam trial
- Grave Crimes: Darfur and the International Criminal Court
- Annex table 2a: under-five mortality rates: estimates for 2003, (a)…

Sebutinde Takes Tough Look to Sierra Leone.
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Sebutinde Takes Tough Look to Sierra Leone. | Asia Africa Intelligence Wire (January, 2005).

Sierra Leone lesbian activist murdered.(obituaries)(Fanny Ann…
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(obituaries)(Fanny Ann Eddy)(Brief Article)(Obituary) –> COPYRIGHT 2005 Off Our Backs, Inc. Fanny Ann Eddy, the founding leader of the Sierra Leone Lesbian and Gay Association (SLLAGA), was brutally raped and murdered while working late at her office in early October 2004. The 30-year-old lesbian activist did much for the fight against AIDS and HIV in Africa, and was a fearless.

Mock case sets stage for the Saddam trial
Times Online – Jan 2, 2005
One involved a Taoist leader who quelled an uprising by a Buddhist minority by damming the rivers that supplied them with water — a clear parallel with Saddam’s persecution of Iraq’s marsh Arabs. Washington appears to be committed to letting the Iraqi authorities deal with Saddam but the United Nations has expressed “serious doubts” that the special tribunal will meet international standards. Robertson argued last week that Saddam should be tried by a war crimes tribunal similar to that in Sierra Leone, where international lawyers sat side by side with local judges. “If Saddam’s trial proceeds under Iraqi law only, he may have to be released,” Robertson said.

Grave Crimes: Darfur and the International Criminal Court
hrw.org – Jan 1, 2005
Britain is not alone in its criticisms of the expense and delays of the Yugoslav and Rwandan tribunals. Indeed, it was the recognition that an ad hoc tribunal could not be created every time there was a need for one that prompted the establishment of the Court in the first place. The Sierra Leone Special Court, a mixed tribunal which includes both Sierra Leonean and international judges, is less expensive. But it was set up at the urging of the Sierra Leone government itself and can function only because of that governments commitment. Cooperation and commitment to justice are two things that Khartoum seems unlikely to provide. Even with strong support from the Sierra Leone government, the Special Court struggles because of a lack of cooperation from other states. Because of time and resource constraints, there is a real risk that fugitives from all of these ad hoc tribunals could escape justice…
Because Sudan has not ratified the International Criminal Court treaty, a special Security Council referral would be needed in the case of Darfur. Such a referral could well encounter the opposition of the United States, which loathes the Court. But it was created to address just these kinds of serious crimes. If the Court is kept out of the Security Council debate out of fear of the ire of the US, it could threaten to make the Court itself seem irrelevant when referrals are needed in years to come. Britain has a critical role to play. In the past, it has supported the Court, most notably when the treaty to set it up was agreed in Rome in 1998. In theory at least, that support still stands.

Annex table 2a: under-five mortality rates: estimates for 2003, (a)…
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(statistical annex)(Survey) –> COPYRIGHT 2005 World Health Organization Annex Table 2a Under-five mortality rates: estimates for 2003, (a) annual average percent change 1990-2003, and availability of data 1980-2003 Figures computed by WHO to ensure comparability they are not necessarily the official statistics of Member States, which may use alternative rigorous methods. Under-5 mortality rate (both sexes) (a) per 1000 live births Member State 2003 Uncertainty 1 Afghanistan 257 206-308 2 Albania 21 19-23 3 Algeria 41 31-49 4 Andorra 5 5-6 5 Angola 260 225-293 6 Antigua and Barbuda 12 9-16 7 Argentina 17 16-19 8 Armenia 33 29-38 9 Australia 6 5-6 10 Austria 6 4-7 11 Azerbaijan 91 77-104 12 Bahamas 14 11-18 13 Bahrain 9 8-10 14 Bangladesh 69 65-75 15 Barbados 13 8-18 16 Belarus 10 9-11 17 Belgium 5 5-6 18 Belize 39 31-48 19 Benin 154 139-169 20 Bhutan 85 68-101 21 Bolivia 66 60-73 22 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 15-20 23 Botswana 112 96-128 24 Brazil 35 31-40 25 Brunei Darussalam 6 5-6 26 Bulgaria 15 14-16 27 Burkina Faso 207 187-227 28 Burundi 190 159-222 29 Cambodia 140 124-158 30 Cameroon 166 148-184 31 Canada 6 5-6 32 Cape Verde 35 30-40 33 Central African Republic 180 156-204 34 Chad 200 175-227 35 Chile 9 7-12 36 China 37 31-44 37 Colombia 21 19-24 38 Comoros 73 59-85 39 Congo 108 89-128 40 Cook Islands 21 20-23 41 Costa Rica 10 9-11 42 Cote d’Ivoire 193 161-223 43 Croatia 7 6-8 44 Cuba 7 6-9 45 Cyprus 6 5-6 46 Czech Republic 5 4-5 47 Democratic People’s 55 39-72 Republic of Korea 48 Democratic Republic of 205 180-229 the Congo 49 Denmark 5 5-6 50 Djibouti 138 93-183 51 Dominica 12 11-14 52 Dominican Republic 35 29-40 53 Ecuador 27 24-30 54 Egypt 39 36-43 55 El Salvador 36 31-42 56 Equatorial Guinea 146 121-169 57 Eritrea 85 70-100 58 Estonia 8 7-9 59 Ethiopia 169 133-202 60 Fiji 20 17-24 61 Finland 4 3-5 62 France 5 4-6 63 Gabon 91 82-100 64 Gambia 123 105-141 65 Georgia 45 40-49 66 Germany 5 4-5 67 Ghana 95 85-104 68 Greece 6 5-6 69 Grenada 23 17-28 70 Guatemala 47 40-54 71 Guinea 160 145-175 72 Guinea-Bissau 204 183-224 73 Guyana 69 42-96 74 Haiti 119 102-135 75 Honduras 41 36-46 76 Hungary 9 7-10 77 Iceland 3 3-4 78 India 87 76-99 79 Indonesia 41 32-54 80 Iran, Islamic Republic of 39 31-47 81 Iraq 125 96-157 82 Ireland 6 5-7 83 Israel 6 6-7 84 Italy 5 4-6 85 Jamaica 20 17-23 86 Japan 4 4-4 87 Jordan 28 22-34 88 Kazakhstan 73 56-90 89 Kenya 123 108-138 90 Kiribati 66 58-74 91 Kuwait 12 11-13 92 Kyrgyzstan 68 53-84 93 Lao People’s Democratic 91 81-99 Republic 94 Latvia 13 10-15 95 Lebanon 31 27-35 96 Lesotho 84 74-95 97 Liberia 235 177-310 98 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16 14-18 99 Lithuania 9 7-10 100 Luxembourg 4 4-6 101 Madagascar 126 109-143 102 Malawi 178 157-201 103 Malaysia 7 6-8 104 Maldives 72 63-81 105 Mali 220 180-260 106 Malta 6 5-7 107 Marshall Islands 61 50-72 108 Mauritania 184 161-207 109 Mauritius 17 11-23 110 Mexico 28 24-32 111 Micronesia, Federated 23 18-28 States of 112 Monaco 4 4-5 113 Mongolia 68 54-81 114 Morocco 39 32-45 115 Mozambique 158 142-175 116 Myanmar 106 80-133 117 Namibia 65 54-75 118 Nauru 30 26-35 119 Nepal 82 69-96 120 Netherlands 6 5-6 121 New Zealand 6 5-7 122 Nicaragua 38 32-45 123 Niger 262 219-303 124 Nigeria 198 173-227 125 Niue 33 14-73 126 Norway 4 4-5 127 Oman 12 11-15 128 Pakistan 103 90-115 129 Palau 28 22-35 130 Panama 24 21-26 131 Papua New Guinea 93 76-110 132 Paraguay 29 23-35 133 Peru 34 31-37 134 Philippines 36 29-44 135 Poland 8 7-9 136 Portugal 6 5-7 137 Qatar 13 10-16 138 Republic of Korea 5 4-5 139 Republic of Moldova 32 24-40 140 Romania 20 19-21 141 Russian Federation 16 16-16 142 Rwanda 203 183-222 143 Saint Kitts and Nevis 22 19-26 144 Saint Lucia 14 12-17 145 Saint Vincent and the 22 19-26 Grenadines 146 Samoa 24 21-28 147 San Marino 4 3-5 148 Sao Tome and Principe 118 95-141 149 Saudi Arabia 27 23-33 150 Senegal 137 118-156 151 Serbia and Montenegro 14 13-15 152 Seychelles 15 12-19 153 Sierra Leone 283 240-331 154 Singapore 3 3-3 155 Slovakia 8 7-9 156 Slovenia 5 3-6 157 Solomon Islands 22 18-26 158 Somalia 225 181-283 159 South Africa 66 58-74 160 Spain 5 4-5 161 Sri Lanka 15 13-17 162 Sudan 93 81-104 163 Suriname 39 35-44 164 Swaziland 153 140-166 165 Sweden 4 3-4 166 Switzerland 5 4-6 167 Syrian Arab Republic 18 16-19 166 Tajikistan 118 100-136 169 Thailand 26 23-29 170 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 12 11-13 171 Timor-Leste 125 104-146 172 Togo 140 124-155 173 Tonga 19 16-23 174 Trinidad and Tobago 20 17-23 175 Tunisia.