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The Vice Chairman of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL), Victor I. Lansana Esq., has praised the Chief Justice, Komba Kamanda, for expanding the Court of Appeal’s sittings across Sierra Leone’s regions to improve citizens’ access to justice.
For the first time since the country’s Judiciary was established, the Court of Appeal is being held in every region, enabling people outside the capital to have their appeals heard closer to home.
Commending the initiative, Lansana described the decision as a meaningful step toward ensuring that justice is accessible to ordinary citizens, particularly those in rural communities.
“Bringing the second-highest court of the land to the doorsteps of poor people in the regions is quite laudable,” he said, while congratulating the Judiciary and the Chief Justice for the move.
He also called on the Judiciary’s leadership to sustain the initiative to strengthen the delivery of justice further nationwide.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal is set to hold sittings in the South-East Region for the first time, where thirty (30) appeals from the Southern and Eastern regions will be heard and determined. The cases include appeals from Bo, Moyamba, Bonthe and Pujehun in the Southern Region, as well as Kenema and Kailahun in the Eastern Region.
Kono District was included in the first round of regional Court of Appeal sittings, which began in the North-West and North-East regions on 27 November 2025.
According to the Judiciary, the next sitting will commence on Tuesday, 10 March 2026, in Kenema Town, Nongowa Chiefdom.
The Judiciary said the regional sittings are part of Chief Justice Kamanda’s broader agenda to make the justice system more accessible, affordable, and responsive to citizens’ needs across Sierra Leone.
