by Executive Director | Jul 30, 2020 | Blogs
PRESS RELEASE: AdvocAid launches groundbreaking research on the causes and consequences of women’s imprisonment in Sierra Leone, in partnership with Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice On 10 August 2020, AdvocAid and Cyrus R. Vance Centre for...
by Executive Director | Jul 2, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Legal Aid
On 4 June 2020, AdvocAid’s legal manager Lydia Kembabazi was a panelist for the Africa Criminal Justice Reform (ACJR) webinar on COVID-19 and petty offences in West Africa. Lydia gave an insight into how measures taken to protect the Sierra Leone population from the...
by Executive Director | Jun 16, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Press Releases, Uncategorized
This year’s theme for Day of the African Child is: Access to Child Friendly Justice Systems in Africa. This occasion provides an opportunity to reflect on how our country is treating some of its most vulnerable, neglected and marginalised children – and to...
by Executive Director | May 4, 2020 | Blogs, COVID-19, Legal Aid
While the whole world is reeling from the global COVID-19 health crisis, we are having to adapt our work in light of new restrictions across Sierra Leone. Drawing from lessons learned from our work during the Ebola outbreak, AdvocAid is working hard to develop new...
by Executive Director | Apr 28, 2020 | Advocacy, Blogs, Press Releases
On 27 April 2020, the Sierra Leonean Government confirmed the first positive COVID-19 case in a correctional facility. The male detainee who was held at the Remand Centre reported sick on 20 April 2020 and was confirmed six days later to have contracted the...
by Executive Director | Mar 25, 2020 | Blogs, Press Releases
Title: AdvocAid calls on the Government to release Pre-Trial and Vulnerable Detainees as part of Coronavirus Prevention MeasuresYear: 2020 People deprived of their liberty, such as people in prisons and other places of detention, are likely to be more vulnerable to...
