Human Rights Watch today sent a letter to the U.N. Security Council urging the Security Council to establish a criminal process to bring to justice gross abusers of human rights; to strengthen the U.N. mandate and capacity in that country to protect civilians; and to address violations of the U.N. arms embargo against Sierra Leonean rebels.
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