by sabrinamahtani | Aug 28, 2012 | Advocacy, Blogs, Death penalty, Press Releases
We, the undersigned non-governmental organizations based in Sierra Leone, strongly denounce the execution of 9 inmates on death row in The Gambia last week. The executions represent a tragic setback to efforts at developing a human rights culture in the region, with...
by sabrinamahtani | Feb 8, 2012 | Blogs, Capacity Building, Legal Aid, News
We are very glad to have Derek volunteering with us. Derek is from Cameroon but came to complete his legal professional studies in Sierra Leone due to lack of a law school in Cameroon. He completed his LLB in Cameroon, has taught law part time and also has NGO...
by sabrinamahtani | Jan 29, 2012 | Blogs, Capacity Building, News
AdvocAid is running a legal externship programme with the support of Open Society Justice Initiative. The externs are based with 3 legal aid organisations (Defence for Children, LAWYERS and AdvocAid) and gain practical experience working in legal aid and human rights...
by sabrinamahtani | Jan 29, 2012 | Blogs, Events, News
AdvocAid was part of a panel at the International Human Rights Funders Group Conference this week in San Francisco. The panel was entitled “Flourish or Wilt? Taking Stock of Women’s Human Rights in an Era of Revolutionary Political Change” and we presented...
by sabrinamahtani | Jan 18, 2012 | Blogs, Events, Legal Aid
AdvocAid’s Executive Director and Legal Officer paid a visit to Makeni to monitor and support the work of our Makeni paralegal, Victoria Koroma, who is based with Access to Justice Makeni. We paid visits to the Courts and met with police, State Counsel and the...
