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Legal Aid meet with Trusted Partners to increase access to justice The Sierra Leone Legal Aid Board had its first meeting with proposed Trusted Partners in civil society in the conference hall of the Sierra Leone Labour Congress on Tuesday, August 30.  The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles told representatives of thirty civil organizations including Ordehlay Union, Ojeh Council, Central One Football Association (COFA), Traditional Healers and Ataya Base Union that they will be empowered to increase access to justice to members of their respective organizations as part of the campaign ‘Scaling Up Access to Justice Leaving No One Behind’. ‘This will reduce the pressure on the police and the courts,’ she said. ‘We will invite all the proposed Trusted Partners including those of you here to a meeting in the coming weeks to sensitize you on what ‘Trusted Partners in Law and Order’ means and what we expect of you.’ Ms. Carlton-Hancile...

Legal Aid to launch Access to Justice campaign The Sierra Leone Legal Aid Board in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice will launch the ‘Scaling Up Access to Justice Leaving No One Behind’ campaign at an elaborate ceremony on Thursday, September 8 in the forecourt of the Guma Building on Lamina Sankoh Street in Freetown. The campaign which is expected to attract over 120 civil society organizations will be launched by the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Hon. Joseph Kamara.  According to the Executive Director of the Legal Aid Board, Ms. Fatmata Claire Carlton-Hanciles, the Attorney General has been honoured with launching the campaign for ensuring remand inmates who had been literally forgotten at the Pademba Road Correctional Center are served indictments.   Ms. Carlton-Hanciles said the campaign will impact everybody regardless of location and status. ‘We have been expanding our presence upcountry since August and the...