Reports
Perceptions of Justice and Security Service Delivery in Sierra Leone
This study expands empirically the understanding of justice and security in Sierra Leone. It assesses citizens’ perceptions of justice and security services delivery, and evaluates the justice and security needs and experiences of citizens around the country. This research informs sectors significantly of current perceptions of justice and security services delivery around the country…
Very Final Draft Assessment Report -JSRSIP III
The Justice Sector Coordination Office (JSCO) is mandated to facilitate, develop, and support the implementation of the Government of Sierra Leone’s (GoSL) priority reforms within the Justice Sector while actively soliciting the requisite resources to fund these reforms. Charged with this mandate, the JSCO is responsible for creating and implementing a three-year strategy – the Justice Sector Reform Strategy and Investment Plan (JSRSIP)…
Progress Report 2017-2018
The 2017 annual report of the Justice Sector Coordination Office (JSCO) highlights the activities and programmes of the period under review. It underscores the continued leading role of JSCO in facilitating the implementation of the third-generation Justice Sector Reform Strategy and Investment Plan (JSRSIP III- 2015-2018). The report features the key achievements of the year as well as challenges faced…
Final Report - Perception Survey on Justice and Security Sector Service Delivery
This report contains the findings from the Public Perception Survey on Justice and Security services undertaken by the Justice and Security Sectors with funding from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP – under its Rule of Law Project). The study employed a mixed method approach, using both quantitative and qualitative methods for data collection, analysis and presentation of the findings…
Annual Report Final 2017
The Independent Police Complaints Board (IPCB) is a non-departmental public body established in July 2013 by the Police Council under Section 158 of the Constitution of Sierra Leone 1991, (Act No. 6 of 1991).
The functions of the ‘Board’ are set out in Section 3 (1&2) of The Independent Police Complaints Board Regulations, 2013, and include the following….
FGE Report - Printed Version PDF
Sierra Leone has made significant progress in building stability after more than a decade of civil war ending in 2002. During the immediate years following the end of the conflict, the Government prioritized rebuilding State institutions with particular attention to the security sector, as well as basic infrastructure….
Pocket Guide to Diversion in Sierra Leone
Diversion is defined as the “conditional channeling of children in conflict with the law away from formal judicial proceedings towards a different way of resolving the issue that enables many- possibly most- to be dealt with by non-judicial bodies, thereby avoiding the negative effects of formal judicial proceedings and a criminal record”…
Final Draft Diversion Framework for Sierra Leone
Since the end of Sierra Leone’s civil conflict that lasted from 1991 to 2002, the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) and its development partners have invested immensely in reforming the country’s security and justice sectors. However, there continues to exist a plethora of challenges, key amongst which is the handling of children in conflict with the law….
SIERRA LEONE'S JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM STRATEGY (2024-2030)
The Government of Sierra Leone’s Justice Sector Reform Strategy (2024 -2030) builds upon the achievement of the Justice Sector Reform Strategy and Investment Plan IV (JSRSIP 2018-2023). It gives direction to the sector within the period specified, which is geared towards supporting the country’s aspirations of increasing access to justice and safeguarding the rule of law…