Sierra Leone

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Most recent Special Procedures' reports

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

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)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2008)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2001)  

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For nearly ten years, Sierra Leone was ravaged by a violent and brutal conflict characterized by massive violations of human rights. Through the intervention of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL), peace and stability were restored. However, an assessment conducted prior to the termination of the mandate of UNAMSIL revealed that the situation in the country was still fragile, that many of the root causes of the conflict have not been fully addressed, and that a number of human rights challenges continue to prevent the consolidation of peace.
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