II. RECOMMENDATIONS
To the RUF:
To the Government of Sierra Leone:
To ECOMOG/ECOWAS:
To the International Community:

III. BACKGROUND

IV. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED BY RUF REBELS
Massacres, Individual Murders, and Fire-Related Deaths
Burning Alive
The Use of Games to Maximize Terror
Targeting of Particular Groups
The Use of Civilians as Human Shields
The Use of Drugs by the RUF and Forced Drugging of Civilians
Mutilation and Amputation
Rape and Sexual Assault
Abduction
Treatment of Prisoners
Violations of Medical Neutrality

V. HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES COMMITTED BY ECOMOG, SIERRA LEONEAN DEFENSE FORCES, AND POLICE
Summary Executions
Looting and Brutality
Detention
Execution of a Journalist
Failure to Minimize Civilian Casualties

VI. CHILDREN AS VICTIMS AND PERPETRATORS OF GROSS HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES

VII. INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE
ECOWAS, ECOMOG, and the Organization of African Unity (OAU)
The United Nations
The Sierra Leone Contact Group
The United Kingdom, European Union, and United States
The Commonwealth

VIII. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS