Narendra Modi's UK Visit/Transitional Justice in Sierra Leone

On Friday 6th November, a panel discussion was held at King’s by the Africa Research Group centring on the recent publication of Evaluating Transitional Justice: Accountability and Peacebuilding in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone. With large contributions from War Studies academics, this book is the first major study to evaluate the transitional justice programme in Sierra Leone, and the authors examine how the Special Court, Truth and Reconciliation Commission, alongside local justice initiatives and reparations programme interacted. In this week's podcast We spoke to Wayne Jordash QC, one of the contributors to the book and former member of the Defence Team at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. We spoke to him about the issues that faced the special court and the TRC, the advances in jurisprudence that came from the case, and the overall significance of the case. We also spoke to Dr Rudra Chaudhuri of the War Studies Department and the India Institute at King's about Prime Minister Modi's official visit to the UK. We spoke about what the visit means for both of the countries and what to expect from their future relations. Dr Chaudhuri's BBC article: Why the UK visit is designed to dazzle Modi http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-34773770 Dr Chaudhuri's on NDTV: http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/agenda/15-billion-deals-wembley-welcome-lunch-with-the-queen/390510 Jayne Peake provides details of next week's events. Presented by Xenia Zubova and Bradley Murray. DISCLAIMER: Any information, statements or opinions contained in this podcast are those of the individual speakers. They do not represent the opinions of the Department of War Studies or King's College London.