A Constitutional Review process has been under way and a significant portion of civil society has now been allowed to participate. The Government has attempted to intimidate the opposition media with arrests and prosecutions.
Judicial institutions in Sierra Leone are moribund or almost completely ineffective as a consequence of a devastating civil war dating from 1991. Judges are poorly resourced and often ill-trained.
The internal armed conflict continued with the involvement of several African countries and numerous domestic groups. The Government, which controls approximately half of the territory, functioned without a Constitution.
This is the report of two Missions sent by the ICJ to Malawi to investigate attacks on the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law.
In a letter to President Obsanjo, the ICJ expressed its grave concern at the Sharia court of appeal upholding the death sentence by stoning of Amina Lawal for engaging in sexual relations outside of marriage which have resulted in a child.
Tunisia: Quash sham conviction and sentence of judges’ association President, Anas Hmedi
The UN Human Rights Council makes significant but limited progress in addressing human rights around the world, as atrocities multiply in the Middle East and elsewhere
ICJ hosts an African Regional Convening in Kenya on Transformative Equality Jurisprudence
Russian Federation: Arbitrarily detained human rights lawyer Maria Bontsler must be released