Sierra Leone
July 6, 2026
African States Shouldn’t Help the US Endanger Refugees
Disembarking at an airport in Cameroon a few weeks ago, two Cameroonian women shook with fear. They had fled their country over a year before to seek asylum in the United States, but were summarily deported from the US to Equatorial Guinea, whose authorities sent them back to Cameroon. Both women had been previously granted ‘withholding of removal’ by US immigration judges based on the likelihood they would be persecuted in Cameroon.
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January 19, 2024
Sierra Leone: Submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
74th Pre-Sessional Working Group
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May 9, 2023
Legal Right to Free Education Grows Globally
Expanded International Law Could Accelerate Progress
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May 8, 2023
Sierra Leone: Center Girls’ Voices in Education Reforms
New Law Should Require Greater Inclusion of Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers
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September 29, 2021
Africa: Rights Progress for Pregnant Students
Five More Sub-Saharan Countries Act to Protect Girls’ Education; Barriers Remain
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July 2, 2021
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review of Sierra Leone
90th Pre-Session
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March 31, 2020
Sierra Leone: Schools Reopen for Pregnant Girls, Teen Moms
Adopt Policy to Ensure Students Return, Receive Support
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November 6, 2019
Pregnant Students in Africa Need Your Support, Not Rejection
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June 22, 2018
Civil society call to tackle abuses, conflict, and lack of transparency in diamond supply chain
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June 14, 2018
Africa: Pregnant Girls, Young Mothers Barred from School
African Governments Should Ensure Right to Education
