Latest Sierra Leone Human Rights News
- Outgoing UN Legal Chief Says Peace and Justice Must Go Hand in Hand 26 Jul 2008 02:06 GMT
... ending impunity is sensitive, is complex," Mr. Michel added. Citing examples from Sudan, Uganda, Sierra Leone and Burundi, Mr. Michel said the dilemma was how to sequence steps towards ...
- 'If gold rust, what will iron do' 25 Jul 2008 05:08 GMT
... TSEBI used to do diamond business in Sierra Leone, unfortunately the business crashed and TSEBI died mysteriously ... me. When I hear him talking about human rights violations and rule of law I go ...
- Africa: International Courts Brainstorm Conjugal Visits for Prisoners 24 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT
... problem. Today, only the Special Court for Sierra Leone takes care of certain family visits for indigent ... furthermore, enshrined by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as well as by jurisprudence from ...
- International Courts Brainstorm Conjugal Visits for Prisoners 24 Jul 2008 15:36 GMT
... problem. Today, only the Special Court for Sierra Leone takes care of certain family visits for indigent ... furthermore, enshrined by the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) as well as by jurisprudence from ...
- High birth rate killing mothers, infants 24 Jul 2008 12:30 GMT
... HIV infection rates. High maternal mortality After Sierra Leone, Afghanistan has the highest maternal mortality ... to UNFPA and the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). “That is a staggering 24,000 women dying ...
- Prize defendant 24 Jul 2008 10:33 GMT
... rented from the International Criminal Court, the Sierra Leone Special Court is trying former Liberian President Charles ... director of international justice at New York-based Human Rights Watch. "By 'good trials' I mean a ...
- Letter to Donors on Reconstruction after Cyclone Nargis 24 Jul 2008 04:34 GMT
... Human Rights Watch recognizes the strong and committed role ... the second worst in the world after Sierra Leone. An estimated 75 percent of hospitals and clinics ...
- UN lacks muscle to end sex abuse? 24 Jul 2008 04:29 GMT
... overseas, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia and Haiti. “The United ... Neuwirth, president of Equality Now, an international human rights organization based in New York. In addition ...
- Despite complaints, international justice is advancing 24 Jul 2008 00:35 GMT
... the prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone indicted Taylor in March 2003 for his crimes ... Open Society Institute and a founder of Human Rights Watch, is the author most recently of ...
- West Africa: Experts Seek Eradication of Torture 23 Jul 2008 12:29 GMT
... professed commitment to safeguarding the value of human rights in all forms". In a keynote address, ... Mrs. Cecilia Kaakai of the Prison Headquarters, Sierra Leone narrated the ordeal of prison officers who are ...
- Taylor accused of starving Nigerian journalists to death 23 Jul 2008 11:52 GMT
... Politics | Media | Society | Human rights Taylor accused of starving Nigerian journalists to ... the decade-long civil war in the neighbouring Sierra Leone. For security reasons, the UN Special Tribunal for ...
- Genocide Probe Mission Heads to Country 23 Jul 2008 04:49 GMT
... United Nations (UN) to uncover cases of human rights abuses worldwide, Benetech Initiative, has said that ... investigator for Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone stated that his commission's detailed understanding of the ...
- Nigeria: Genocide Probe Mission Heads to Country 22 Jul 2008 13:17 GMT
... United Nations (UN) to uncover cases of human rights abuses worldwide, Benetech Initiative, has said that ... investigator for Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Sierra Leone stated that his commission's detailed understanding of the ...
- Sierra Leone:: Salone Refugees to Lose Status 22 Jul 2008 12:55 GMT
... Sierra Leoneans who fled their country following the 1991 ... received the greatest number of people fleeing Sierra Leone in the 1990s, when more than 600,000 ... no longer a good reason why a Sierra Leonean should be a refugee in another country," ...
- Sierra Leone: Salone Refugees to Lose Status 22 Jul 2008 12:55 GMT
... Sierra Leoneans who fled their country following the 1991 ... received the greatest number of people fleeing Sierra Leone in the 1990s, when more than 600,000 ... no longer a good reason why a Sierra Leonean should be a refugee in another country," ...
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