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Beyond Moratorium: Recalling Sierra Leone’s TRC Recommendation to abolish Death Penalty in Sierra Leone

The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) in collaboration with the Government of Sierra Leone, UNIPSIL, and OHCHR, in November convened a two-day national conference in Freetown to develop strategies aimed at implementing the recommendations of the final UPR report. The UPR is a unique process which involves a review of the human rights records of all 193 UN member states once every four years.

Sierra Leone Parliament

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:50

Filling the Gaps in the Justice Sector: More Resident Magistrates Needed in Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone’s development and transformation aspirations will never be complete without an effective, functioning judiciary. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report, among several other literature on Sierra Leone’s decade-long civil war, identified lack of access to justice as one of the main causes of the conflict. To sustain the peace, it’s about time the rough edges of the judiciary were chiseled.  Read more...

Closing the transparency gap in governance: Enforcing critical provisions of the 2004 Local Government Act of Sierra Leone

Take a moment to think about this: In 2010 alone, the Sierra Leone Government disbursed over Le75 billion in “direct fiscal transfer” to local councils across the country. That did not include the in-kind contribution the central government made to the local councils. The in-kind contributions covered education subsidy for National Primary Selective Examination (NPSE) and Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) fees, procurement of text books and other materials, among others.

Amb. Dauda Kamara, Min of Local Government and Rural Development

Without doubt, such disbursements represent a significant contribution to local government administrations, and thus require active community participation in ensuring that it is judiciously utilized.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 February 2012 02:56

The Monitorial: A synopsis of the 55th Edition of “The Monitor”

Welcome to the 55th edition of The Monitor, and its first editorial column – “The Monitorial”. This column essentially summaries the contents of the newsletter, and provides a space for the editorial team to state its position on critical national issues relating to justice, rule of law, and good governance in Sierra Leone. It is hoped that the issues discussed in this edition will be useful to government and non-governmental institutions, researchers, academics, the media, and members of the public, as we all work together in addressing the numerous challenges confronting Sierra Leone.

Last Updated on Thursday, 16 February 2012 03:43