The article examines the concept of illicit sexual behavior in the customary law prevailing among the tribal society of Sierra Leone, on whom the English law has been imposed, and the conflicting definitions of rape in the general (English) law. The mechanisms to resolve sexual violations in ...
Despite the overarching trend toward increasing abortion access worldwide, many nations continue to prohibit abortion entirely. These are some of the countries where abortion is illegal, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights:
3. Sierra Leone with its "blood diamonds" and Congo with its rare earths finance endless civil wars which destabilize the whole region and sooner or later trigger international conflicts. There is every reason to believe that the number of such internal conflicts which have the tendency to ...
In Sierra Leone, poor water quality is a major threat to public health and aquatic life. The main source of this problem appears to be poorly regulated waste disposal. Even though water pollution laws exist, their enforcement is challenged by many gaps and, seemingly, they focus on the quest...
Internal Conflicts in Marriage and Inheritance Laws in Sierra Leone: Some Anachronismscontract a valid customary law marriage during the subsistence of his monogamous union;whereas, if he was first married under customary Interestingly, there is no such bar under the CivilMarriage Act. A related ...
This chapter undertakes a comparative analysis of FOI laws in Sierra Leone and Liberia (the FOI Act 2010 and the RTAI Act 2013), by using the principles established by Article 19, which is an international human rights standard on ATI/FOI. This chapter addresses nine key areas itemized as ...
Lansana Fofana
African adoption case may hit home ; Adoptions could be reversed if an investigation in Sierra Leone finds that laws were broken.GREGORY D. KESICH Staff Writer
Records of abortion in Egyptdate backto the ancient pharaohs. Today, however, Egyptian law prohibits abortion, except to save the life of the pregnant woman, a determination which is made by a committee of physicians. Next: Under Jamaican law, women who get abortions can besentencedto l...