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Update on Ongoing Efforts to Implement Sierra Leone’s Legal Aid Law
In order to prevent the implementation gap that seems to have afflicted many new laws in Sierra Leone, government and civil society organizations...
Accountability as a critical requirement in democratic policing: Is the Sierra Leone Police force lagging behind?
In modern democracies, the police force has the primary responsibility of protecting lives and property as well as maintaining law and order. In...
Age Assessment Procedures for Juvenile Offenders in Sierra Leone: Still weak for fair trial standards
Age assessment is one of the growing problems facing the adjudication of juvenile-related cases. This particularly became imperative after the...
Closing the Gap: CARL Partners with Freetown City Council to Strengthen Ward Committees
In 2004, Sierra Leone reintroduced local councils after a thirty-year hiatus. Section 20 of The Local Government Act states that “local councils ...
Using modern technology to improve access to justice: The need for public address system in the Freetown Court Building
As part of efforts to strengthen the administration of justice in Sierra Leone, there have been significant efforts since the end of the conflict by...
CARL and Partners Extend Local Government Project to two District
The Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL) and its partners have extended a project that seeks to promote transparency and citizens'...
Sierra Leone’s Rule of Law Credential: the persisting weak links
While Sierra Leone is generally considered as one of the success stories of post-conflict countries that have made enormous strides at building...
Democracy and rule of law: Sierra Leone’s Supreme Court hears 2012 Presidential election petition
Five months after the opposition Sierra Leone Peoples Party (SLPP) filed a petition challenging the authenticity of the outcome of November 17, 2012...
All Hands on Deck: Traditional leaders helping to protect women’s rights in Northern Sierra Leone
Trocaire, the Irish funded non-governmental organization, in partnership with the Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law (CARL), has embarked on...