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HRDNSL conducts two day Regional Consultative Meeting on Governments approved DCF

September 5, 2019 admin no responses

Human Right Defenders Network and their Partners has successfully conducted a two day Advocacy and Regional Consultative meeting on the Governments approved Development Cooperative Framework (DCF) for local council and Community Stakeholders in Koinadugu District, from the 3rd to the 4th September 2019 at the Koinadugu Youth Centre, Kabala. The two day outreach and consultative engagement gave an overview of the Governments approved DCF, overview of the proposed INGO/NGO DCF, and was rounded up with group discussions, report/plenary and the next step and the way forward in which groups gave suggestions on how to make their voices heard towards the…

HRDNSL joins the world in solidarity of International Day of the Disappeared

August 29, 2019 admin no responses

Human Right Defenders Network Sierra Leone joins the Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network (DefendeDefenders) to commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared 30th August . “As we reflect on this special day, we register our solidarity and support to all Defenders who have been victims of enforced disappearances in Africa and the whole world due to their human rights work,” Director of HRDN Alphonsus BM Gbanie said. “HRDNSL call on governments around the world and particularly in Africa to ensure investigation and accountability as ‘DEFENDING HUMAN RIGHTS IS NOT A CRIME.’ The annual commemoration of the day aims to…

HRDN ELECTIONS REPORT 2018

November 5, 2018 admin no responses

This report on the Human Rights Audit of Sierra Leone 2018 General Elections has been produced by the Human Rights Defenders Network – SL (HRDN-SL) and Human Rights, Advancement, Development and Advocacy Centre (HURIDAC). The human rights examination of the 2018 general elections is necessary as a critical link to the right to vote. This encompasses other human rights such as freedom of association and of expression and many others. Advocating for the right to vote is essential to ensuring the „will of the people counts during elections. The human rights gaps and election challenges motivated and encouraged the two…

Communication to African commission

October 5, 2018 admin no responses

The Secretary African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District Western Region P.O. Box 673 Banjul Kairaba Avenue Banjul The Gambia COMMUNICATION Pursuant to Articles 55, 56 and 58 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights; Regarding the actions of the Sierra Leone Government, a member state of the African Unity and a state party to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights, having ratified the Charter on 21st of September 1983; Involving the widespread and systematic land grab, contamination of water and air; the deprivation of food sources;…

Our Value

May 14, 2018 admin no responses

Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone is a national community of human rights defenders with a number of characteristics that we considered core to our ongoing success and common to each of our achievements:

Our Mission

May 14, 2018 admin no responses

HRDN-SL works at the national, regional and international levels to promote and protect human rights. We do this by enhancing Human Rights Defenders, strengthening human rights standards and systems, and leading member organisations for human rights change.

Our Vision

May 14, 2018 admin no responses

A just society in Sierra Leone where the rights of Human Rights Defenders are protected, human right activities and initiatives are coordinated and where all human rights are guaranteed, respected and promoted;

Group picture of NGO forum at Kairaba Hotel- The Gambia

May 14, 2018 admin one response

The Human Rights Defenders Network – Sierra Leone (HRDN-SL) is a coalition of human rights civil society organizations and individuals working for the protection and promotion of human rights in Sierra Leone. HRDN-SL was established in pursuant to the UN Declaration on Human Rights Defenders as a local chapter of the West Africa Human Rights Defenders network (WAHRDN) based in Togo and through technical support from the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) based in Geneva.