# Changelog — SCSL/RSCSL skill

## [1.0.2] — 2026-07-06

### Fixed
- Shortened the `SKILL.md` frontmatter `description` below the 1024-character limit enforced by Claude Skills (reported by a user during installation). The triggering function is preserved — institutions, flagship cases, founding instruments, and the verification-first rule remain; the exhaustive enumerations live on in the skill body and references.

## [1.0.1] — 2026-06-02

### Fixed
- `references/foundational-texts.md` (Art. 19): the SCSL Statute provides **no life imprisonment** — fixed-term sentences only (Taylor's 50 years was the longest); corrected a note that wrongly stated the maximum was life.
- Clarified the *Taylor* head-of-State immunity chronology in `references/jurisprudence-map.md` and `references/verification-workflow.md` (sitting head of State at the 7 March 2003 indictment; out of office by the 31 May 2004 immunity decision).

## [1.0.0] — initial release

### Added
- `SKILL.md` — entry point, verification-first discipline, standard workflow, institutional architecture (SCSL 2002-2013, Taylor trial moved to The Hague by Resolution 1688, RSCSL since 2 December 2013), source hierarchy, citation format, the four principal cases (Taylor, AFRC, CDF, RUF), substantive doctrine pointers (child soldiers, forced marriage, head-of-state immunity, aiding-and-abetting standard, JCE, sexual violence, destruction of religious property), sensitive contexts
- `references/foundational-texts.md` — Resolution 1315 (2000), UN-Sierra Leone Agreement (16 January 2002), SCSL Statute (Arts. 1 "greatest responsibility", 2 CAH, 3 GC common Art. 3 + AP II, 4 other violations including 4(c) child soldiers, 5 SL law, 6(2) no head-of-state immunity, 7 minimum age 15, 17, 19 no death penalty), Rules of Procedure and Evidence, RSCSL Statute (2010)
- `references/authoritative-sources.md` — Tier 1 (rscsl.org, legal-tools.org, un.org, worldcourts.com/scsl), Tier 2 (Jalloh, Cassese, Schabas, Kendall & Nouwen), academic and trial-monitoring sources
- `references/citation-format.md` — case-number anatomy (SCSL-03-01 Taylor, SCSL-04-14 CDF, SCSL-04-15 RUF, SCSL-04-16 AFRC), phase suffixes (-I, -PT, -T, -A), filing-number convention, named decisions and judgments table with dates
- `references/verification-workflow.md` — fallback ladder (rscsl.org → legal-tools.org → worldcourts.com → UN), six SCSL-specific traps (AFRC/CDF/RUF confusion; Taylor venue change to The Hague; head-of-state immunity decision date; aiding-and-abetting standard vs Perišić; forced-marriage Appeals not Trial; "greatest responsibility" formula)
- `references/jurisprudence-map.md` — 9 sections covering head-of-state immunity (2004 Decision), child soldiers (Art. 4(c) + 31 May 2004 Norman jurisdiction decision), forced marriage (AFRC Appeal 22 February 2008), sexual slavery, aiding-and-abetting standard (Taylor Appeal 26 September 2013), JCE, cultural property (CDF case), greatest-responsibility formula, RSCSL functions
- `examples/example-verification.md` — verifying the AFRC Appeal forced-marriage finding (paras 175-203)
- `examples/example-audit.md` — two audits (Taylor immunity miscited; AFRC/CDF/RUF confusion)

### Skill scope at v1.0.0
- Covers SCSL operations (2002-2013) and RSCSL ongoing functions (since 2 December 2013)
- Encodes the same verification-first methodology as the other skills in this repository
- Specifically equips the user to handle the SCSL's landmark holdings on child soldiers, forced marriage, head-of-state immunity, and aiding-and-abetting
- Maps the four principal cases (Taylor, AFRC, CDF, RUF) with full case numbers, phase suffixes, and key judgment dates

### Known limitations
- SCSL procedural decisions are voluminous; the skill maps principal landmark holdings only
- The aiding-and-abetting standard "tension" between SCSL (Taylor Appeal 2013) and ICTY (Perišić 2013 / Šainović 2014) is flagged but not resolved — the doctrinal debate is left to the user
- Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission materials are not in scope of this skill (the TRC is a separate, non-judicial institution)