{"id":486,"date":"2011-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.hennhoneyball.com\/report-of-the-working-group-on-the-universal-periodic-review-on-sierra-leone\/"},"modified":"2022-03-27T20:35:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T20:35:26","slug":"report-of-the-working-group-on-the-universal-periodic-review-on-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/en\/report-of-the-working-group-on-the-universal-periodic-review-on-sierra-leone\/","title":{"rendered":"Report of the working group on the Universal Periodic Review on Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5\/1 of 18 June 2007, held its eleventh session from 2 to 13 May 2011. The review of Sierra Leone was held at the 8th meeting on 5 May 2011. The delegation of Sierra Leone was headed by Franklyn Bai Kargbo, Attorney-General and Minister of Justice. At its 12th meeting, held on 9 May 2011, the Working Group adopted the report on Sierra Leone.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">30.<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">On the question of <span class=\"highlight selected appended\">citizen<\/span>ship the Government recognized that the provision in its <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">1973 Citizenship Act requiring that forefathers twice removed must be of negro-African<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">descent, was contrary to international human rights obligations. That issue will also be <\/span><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">addressed in the future Constitutional Review process.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Download file:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/citizenshiprightsafrica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Report-Working-Group-UPR-Sierra-Leone.pdf\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report of the working group was adopted b<span id=\"page50R_mcid4\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">y the Human Rights Council<\/span>: Decision <\/span><span id=\"page50R_mcid5\" class=\"markedContent\"><span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">18\/108 &#8211;<\/span> <span dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\">Outcome of the Universal Periodic Review: Sierra Leone, 18 October 2011 <span id=\"page50R_mcid21\" class=\"markedContent\">A\/HRC\/DEC\/18\/108<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>UPR documents available here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hr-bodies\/upr\/sl-index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.ohchr.org\/en\/hr-bodies\/upr\/sl-index<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), established in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 5\/1 of 18 June 2007, held its eleventh session from 2 to 13 May 2011. 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