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Special Court gets new Persecutor and Registrar. |
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Written by Francis Sowa
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Monday, 22 February 2010 |
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The Secretary-General of the United Nations has named Binta Mansaray of Sierra Leone as Registrar of the Special Court.
Mrs. Mansaray, who was appointed Deputy Registrar in July 2007, has served as Acting Registrar since June 2009. Binta Mansaray joined the Special Court for Sierra Leone in 2003 as Outreach Coordinator, where she designed the Court’s acclaimed grassroots programme to keep the people of Sierra Leone, and later Liberia, informed about the Court and the trials. Prior to joining the Court, she was a human rights advocate for victims and excombatants with a number of organizations. During her time as Acting Registrar, Mrs. Mansaray has overseen the end of trials in Freetown and the transfer of convicted persons to serve their sentences, as well as the downsizing of the Court and consideration of residual issues. The Secretary-General of the United Nations has also named Brenda Joyce Hollis of the United States as Prosecutor of the Special Court. Since 2007, Mrs. Hollis has been a Principal Trial Attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor, where she is responsible for leading the legal team prosecuting former Liberian President Charles Taylor. Brenda Hollis paid tribute to Deputy Prosecutor Joseph Kamara, who has served as Acting Prosecutor since the departure of Stephen Rapp last September.
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