Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone

International Law

I. International Treaties

1. UN Convention on the Rights of the Child 1990

https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/crc.aspx 

2. Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court 2002

https://www.icc-cpi.int/nr/rdonlyres/ea9aeff7-5752-4f84-be94-0a655eb30e16/0/rome_statute_english.pdf 

3. Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) 

https://www.ohchr.org/en/professionalinterest/pages/cat.aspx 

4. Special Court for Sierra Leone

http://www.rscsl.org/Documents/scsl-statute.pdf 

II. Regional Treaties

1. African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

https://www.un.org/en/africa/osaa/pdf/au/afr_charter_rights_welfare_child_africa_1990.pdf 

2. African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights

http://www.humanrights.se/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/African-Charter-on-Human-and-Peoples-Rights.pdf 

3. The Kampala Convention (African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa) 2012 

https://au.int/sites/default/files/treaties/36846-treaty-0039_-_kampala_convention_african_union_convention_for_the_protection_and_assistance_of_internally_displaced_persons_in_africa_e.pdf 

Domestic Law 

1. The Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991

http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/constitution1991.pdf  

2. The Sexual Offenses Act 2012

http://www.sierra-leone.org/Laws/2012-12.pdf 

Case Law

1. Prosecutor V. Brima, Kamara and Kanu 2007 (The Special Court for Sierra Leone)

http://www.rscsl.org/Documents/Decisions/AFRC/613/SCSL-04-16-T-613s.pdf 

2. Prosecutor V. Sesay, Kallon and Gbao 2008 (The Special Court for Sierra Leone)

https://www.refworld.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/rwmain/opendocpdf.pdf?reldoc=y&docid=49b1029a2 

Reports of other International / Regional Organizations

1. Louise Taylor, ‘”We’ll Kill You If You Cry” Sexual Violence in the Sierra Leone Conflict’ (Human Rights Watch, January 16 2003)

<https://www.hrw.org/report/2003/01/16/well-kill-you-if-you-cry/sexual-violence-sierra-leone-conflict

2. Discrimination on the Basis of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Access to Health Care and Violence/Bias – A Sierra Leone Case Study’ <www.lgbtnet.dk › 200-a-sierra-leonean-case-study>

Websites

1. The World Bank Group, ‘ Mali’ (The World Bank, 11 January 2019)  <https://www.worldbank.org/en/country/mali/overview>

2. Andrew Clark, Pascal James Imperato and Kathleen M. Baker, ‘Mali’ (Encyclopaedia Brittanica, October 24 2019) <https://www.britannica.com/place/Mali>

3. Jean Bonnal, ‘Republic of Mali’ (Ciesin) <https://www.ciesin.columbia.edu/decentralization/English/CaseStudies/mali.html>

4. WorldOMeters, ‘Mali Population’ (Worldometers) <https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/mali-population/>

5. Rhiannon Archer, ‘Mali LGBTI Resources’ (Refugee Legal Aid Information)  <http://www.refugeelegalaidinformation.org/mali-lgbti-resources