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Charles Taylor - Summary Judgment

Submitted by Caitlin on Mon, 2012-04-30 15:50

Latest from the Special Court for Sierra Leone (press releases)

Submitted by kerry on Sun, 2012-03-18 22:02
  • Judgment in The Prosecutor vs. Charles Taylor was delivered on 26 April 2012 at 11:00 a.m. in The Hague. Read the Press Release.
  • Justice Philip Waki of Kenya was sworn-in on Monday, 27 February as an Alternate Judge of the Appeals Chamber. Read the Press Release.

Sierra Leone Parliament passes Sexual Offences Act 2012

Submitted by bridget on Tue, 2012-10-02 14:43

Sierra Leone Parliament on Friday 24th August 2012 ratifies the Sexual Offences Act 2012. This law sees the criminalization of illegal sexual offences nationwide. It also introduces stiffer minumum sentences for offenders. Please go to Numbered Act on Sierra Lii database for full text of this legislature

New Legal Aid Law in Sierra Leone Embraces the Role of Paralegals

Submitted by bridget on Tue, 2012-10-02 13:56

By Sonkita Conteh and Lotta Teale

Sierra Leone's parliament has just enacted one of the most progressive legal aid laws in Africa—with an innovative approach to providing access to justice for all that will reinforce the rule of law in a society still scarred by the brutal civil war that ended in 2002.

Mayor of Freetown convicted at High Court in Freetown

Submitted by bridget on Tue, 2012-10-02 13:25

On the 10th August 2012, The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)  informed the general public that the Mayor of the Freetown City Council, His Worship, Herbert Akieremi George-Williams, the Chief Administrator, Bowenson Frederick Philips, and five others have been found guilty for various corruption and procurement violation offences at the High Court in Freetown. Full text to the Judgment coming soon.

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