Sierra Leone
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- October 1, 1991, subsequently amended
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- English legal system based on common law and local traditions
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral Parliament
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, High Court
RELIGIONS
60% Muslims, 30% Animists, 10% Christians
From the country
- MARCH 3, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Three soldiers and several former militia fighters...
Three soldiers and several former militia fighters were among 15 people charged with treason for allegedly trying to overthrow the government of this newly peaceful West African nation
- JANUARY 1, 2003Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
- MAY 10, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
After much pressure from the Sweden based International...
After much pressure from the Sweden based International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in collaboration with Forum of Conscience (FOC), a locally based Human Rights organization, the Sierra Leone government has enacted legislation for Sierra Leoneans to enjo
- APRIL 25, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone Arabia voted against the resolution 2002/77...
Sierra Leone Arabia voted against the resolution 2002/77 on the death penalty at the 58th UN Commission on Human Rights
- MARCH 4, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Foday Sankoh, the leader of Sierra Leone's rebel movement,...
Foday Sankoh, the leader of Sierra Leone's rebel movement, appeared in a Freetown courtroom charged with robbery and murder
- JANUARY 14, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
United Nations officials say a special court being...
United Nations officials say a special court being set up in Sierra Leone to try people accused of war crimes during the decade-long civil war will be able to give out jail terms but not death sentences
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, 1998, a firing squad publicly carried...
On October 19, 1998, a firing squad publicly carried out the death sentence on 24 soldiers of the 34 convicted of treason
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone's campaign against the death penalty started...
Sierra Leone's campaign against the death penalty started with a campaign spearheaded by Amnesty International following the 1989 killings by the then All People's Congress (APC) regime
- JANUARY 1, 2002Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone officially adopted the death penalty in...
Sierra Leone officially adopted the death penalty in 1991 as enshrined in section 16 (1) of that year's Constitution, and since then successive regimes have carried out state instituted killings, the most recent being the execution by firing squad of 24
- JANUARY 1, 2001Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
On October 19, 1998, a firing squad publicly carried...
On October 19, 1998, a firing squad publicly carried out the death sentence on 24 soldiers of the 34 convicted of treason
- JANUARY 1, 2001Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes
Murder, aggravated robbery and treason are capital crimes