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Human rights in Sierra Leone are in a rather deplorable state, but have improved gradually since the end of its civil war in 2002. Among the major human-rights problems in Sierra Leone today, according to a 2011 U.S. State Department report, are "security force abuse and use of excessive force with detainees, including juveniles; harsh conditions in prisons and jails; official impunity; arbitrary arrest and detention; prolonged detention, excessive bail, and insufficient legal representation; interference with freedom of speech and press; forcible dispersion of demonstrators; widespread official corruption; societal discrimination and violence against women, discrimination based on sexual orientation; female genital mutilation (FGM); child abuse; trafficking in persons, including children; and forced child labor".[1]
Sierra Leone has acceded to or ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or
Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.[2]
In September 2011, Sierra Leone's First UPR Report was adopted by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) in Geneva. Of the 129 recommendations made by the review committee on 5 May 2011, the government of Sierra Leone noted that it had already implemented 57.[3]
In November 2012, Sierra Leone was elected to the U.N. Human Rights Council.[4]
^"2010 Human Rights Report: Sierra Leone". US State Department. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
^"Sierra Leone" (PDF). International Centre for Transitional Justice. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 4, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
^"Human Rights in the Administration of Justice" (PDF). The State of Human Rights in Sierra Leone. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
^"Sierra Leone Elected Member At the UN Human Rights Council". allAfrica. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
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