We, the undersigned civil society organisations registered in Sierra Leone, wholeheartedly welcome the Sierra Leone Government’s nomination of Justice Tonia Barnett as Commissioner of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. She still needs to be elected by experts drawn from the AU Assembly who are nominated by the State Parties to the African Charter on Human and People’s Right. The election is scheduled for 14th October, 2021. Justice Barnett’s nomination is a tribute to her decades-long commitment to public services, particularly the promotion and protection of women and children’s rights and the delivery of justice to all. We are absolutely confident that she will demonstrate the required objectivity, fortitude and fairness required of her role on the Commission. Given the very important work that the Commission does in terms of promoting and protecting human rights on the continent, we believe that Justice Barnett’s knowledge and unbridled commitment to human rights’ protection will strengthen the Commission and contribute to human rights jurisprudence on the continent…Read the full text here
