A five-day training on preventive prison monitoring has commenced in Freetown, aimed at strengthening efforts to curb torture and ill-treatment within detention facilities. The training is being organized...
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL), with support from Irish Aid, on Friday, March 13, 2026, validated a status report on the implementation of the Sexual Offences Act 2012 (Sierra Leone),...
The Office of National Security (ONS) and the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance cooperation on gender justice, human rights protection,...
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...
On March 2, 2026, the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) hosted a delegation of thirteen students and one lecturer from the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University,...
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has taken action following the discovery of two severe cases of child cruelty involving young children whose hands were tied and who sustained serious...
The Centre for Human Rights and Democracy Initiative (CHRDI) has urged the National Monitoring and Evaluation Agency (NaMEA) to comply with national information access laws, warning that the agency’s...
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL), through its Directorate of Education, Communication and Training, on 16 February 2026 hosted pupils of the International School at the Commission’s...
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has called on the government to urgently amend the recently enacted Child Rights Act 2025 to explicitly criminalize Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) against...
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) has called on the government to approve its proposed annual one-off budget disbursement at the start of each year, a move aimed at enhancing the Commission’s...
