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OHCHR in Sierra Leone
2010-2011
2008-2009
2006-2007

Publications

	OHCHR Report 2015
	OHCHR Management Plan 2014-2017
	Human Rights in Action (PDF)
	A Handbook for Civil Society (PDF)

Sierra Leone

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Sierra Leone and UN Charter-based Bodies

Sierra Leone and UN Treaty Bodies

Special Procedures

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief - Mission to Sierra Leone (A/HRC/25/58/Add.1)

Report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences, Ms. Radhika Coomaraswamy (E/CN.4/2002/83/Add.2)

Most recent reports by the UN Secretary-General, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and Secretariat

Assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/16/78)

Assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights - Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (A/HRC/13/28)

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights (A/HRC/10/51)

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights (A/HRC/7/66)

Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on the assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights (A/HRC/4/96)

Assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights - Report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
(E/CN.4/2006/106)

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on assistance to Sierra Leone in the field of human rights (A/59/340)

>>Full list of documents in the Charter-based bodies Database

Main page of the Special Procedures

Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2016) CRC/C/SLE/CO/3-5

Committee against Torture
Concluding observations (2014) CAT/C/SLE/CO/1

Human Rights Committee
Concluding observations (2014) CCPR/C/SLE/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
Concluding observations (2014) CEDAW/C/SLE/CO/6

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
Concluding observations (2010) CRC/C/OPAC/SLE/CO/1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children child prostitution and child pornography
Concluding observations (2010) CRC/C/OPSC/SLE/CO/1

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (1996) A/50/18(SUPP) (paras.587-592)

>>Full list of documents in the Treaty Body Database

OHCHR in Sierra Leone

OHCHR has been involved in Sierra Leone since 1998 as part of successive UN missions, including the current United Nations Integrated Peace-building Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL). The Human Rights Section (HRS) of UNIPSIL engages with the Government and the Parliament in promoting human rights legislation and supports the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone and the civil society in their efforts to advance human rights in the country.

In September 2011, Security Council Resolution 2005 extended UNIPSIL’s mandate, including its human rights component, until 15 September 2012. More ...

Contact Information

Headquarters

Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division (FOTCD)
Contact is in Geneva, Switzerland.

Africa Section
Tel. +41 22 928 9694

Field

United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone - (UNIPSIL)
Tel. (1) 212 963 9588
Freetown, Sierra Leone
Email: balbinb@un.org

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OHCHR in the field

Regional Offices

Country Offices

Human Rights Components of Peace Missions

Human Rights Advisors

Action 2

Technical Cooperation Programme

National Human Rights Institutions