Sierra Leone

• Amnesty International 27
• Child Soldiers International 3
• Committee to Protect Journalists 31
• Freedom House 37
• Human Rights Watch 12
• International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) 4
• International Federation for Human Rights 2
• International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association (ILGA) 2
• International Trade Union Confederation 2
• Minority Rights Group International 1
• Reporters Without Borders 5
• UN Development Programme (UNDP) 1
• UN General Assembly 1
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 1
• United Kingdom: Foreign and Commonwealth Office 1
• United States Committee for Refugees and Immigrants 16
• United States Department of Labor 17
• United States Department of State 67

• Abduction 2
• Access to procedures 6
• Anglican 1
• Animist 6
• Arbitrary arrest and detention 26
• Armed forces / Military 8
• Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2
• Asylum policy 2
• Asylum-seekers 5
• Baha'i 10
• Bail 1
• Catholic 4
• Child labour 32
• Child prostitution 16
• Child soldiers 9
• Children's rights 41
• Children-at-risk 15
• Christian 11
• Civil and political rights 2
• Combatants / Former combatants 3
• Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
• Conflict situation 1
• Corruption 23
• Crimes against humanity 2
• Criminal justice 6
• Death in custody 1
• Death penalty 11
• Demobilization / Disarmament 2
• Democracy 3
• Disappeared persons 16
• Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 17
• Domestic violence 5
• Economic, social and cultural rights 16
• Effective protection 2
• Effective remedy 1
• Elections 16
• Embargo 1
• Equality before the law 3
• Evangelical 8
• Extrajudicial executions 19
• Extreme poverty 1
• Female genital mutilation (FGM) 9
• Forced labour 32
• Forced marriage 6
• Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 17
• Freedom of assembly and association 35
• Freedom of conscience 3
• Freedom of expression 90
• Freedom of information 21
• Freedom of movement 24
• Freedom of religion 43
• Freedom of speech 18
• Gang related violence 2
• Gender discrimination 25
• Gender-based persecution 1
• Generalized violence 1
• Good governance 3
• Group / Prima facie determination 2
• HIV and AIDS 2
• Harmful traditional practices 1
• Hindu 10
• Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 9
• Human rights activists 3
• Human rights and fundamental freedoms 33
• Human rights courts 3
• Human rights monitors 5
• Illegal entry 1
• Immigration Detention 4
• Impunity 9
• Independence of judiciary 7
• Integration 3
• Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 2
• International courts and tribunals 6
• International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 3
• International protection 3
• Jew 10
• Legal representation / Legal aid 2
• Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 10
• Livelihoods 1
• Maronite 1
• Maternal and child health care 4
• Migrants 1
• Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 6
• Minorities 9
• Minority rights 1
• Mormon 1
• Muslim 11
• Opposition 5
• Orthodox Christian 1
• Peace process 1
• Peacekeeping 2
• Pentecostal 1
• Persecution based on nationality 2
• Persecution based on political opinion 5
• Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 6
• Persons of concern to UNHCR 1
• Persons with disabilities 11
• Police 23
• Political parties 3
• Political situation 3
• Pre-trial detention 7
• Prison or detention conditions 16
• Prostitution / Commercial sex work 9
• Protestant 4
• Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 2
• Public health 14
• Rastafarian 1
• Reconciliation 7
• Refugee camps 4
• Refugee identity documents 6
• Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 2
• Refugee travel documents / CTDs 4
• Refugees 13
• Registration 2
• Reintegration 1
• Rejected asylum-seekers 2
• Religious discrimination 18
• Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 10
• Reservation 2
• Residence permits / Residency 1
• Right to development 1
• Right to education 13
• Right to employment 4
• Right to health 2
• Right to justice 4
• Right to registration at birth 2
• Right to self-determination 2
• Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 15
• Sanctions 1
• Security forces 14
• Security situation 2
• Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 31
• Sexual and reproductive rights 2
• Smuggling of persons 1
• Social group discrimination 13
• State of emergency 3
• State protection 1
• Sunni 5
• Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 4
• Temporary protection 2
• Terrorism 5
• Threats / Intimidation 2
• Torture 2
• Trafficking in persons 49
• Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
• Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
• Universal Periodic Review (UPR) 1
• Urban refugees 3
• Voluntary repatriation 2
• War crimes 5
• Witchcraft 1
• Women's rights 33
• Women-at-risk 13
• Work permits 4

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• Amnesty International - Sierra Leone
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) - Sierra Leone
• Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Sierra Leone
• Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN) - Sierra Leone
• International Committee of the Red Cross - The ICRC in Guinea
• International Crisis Group (ICG) - Sierra Leone
• Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) - Sierra Leone
• Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) - Sierra Leone
• ReliefWeb - Sierra Leone
• The Special Court for Sierra Leone
• UNHCR - Sierra Leone
• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) - Sierra Leone
• United States Department of State - Sierra Leone
• World Food Programme (WFP) - Sierra Leone
• World Health Organization (WHO) - Sierra Leone