The United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) was established on 4 August 2009 to support peace and democratic governance. Its mandate ended on 31 March 2014, and its responsibilities were transferred to the UN Country Team in Sierra Leone.
The Human Rights Section of UNIPSIL provided technical support to the government by delivering targeted training to key central government officers on the Human Rights-Based Approach to Development Programming under the…
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation, in collaboration with the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice and with technical support from UNIPSIL, organized a two days training workshop…
UNIPSIL sponsored the creation of the Guild of Newspaper Editors Sierra Leone in October 2010, facilitating a retreat in Bo where an interim executive was elected to foster a coalition of forthright, honest, and patriotic…
UNIPSIL Human Rights Section and the Human Rights Commission hosted a meeting to discuss the Universal Periodic Review process, emphasizing the need for strategic advocacy to engage government and stakeholders for…
UNIPSIL Human Rights Section provides training on Sexual and Gender Based Violence for Paramount Chiefs from the Eastern province and training on Human Rights Based Approach to Development for Councilors from the Western…
UNIPSIL Human Rights Section organized a two-day training in Makeni to equip correction officers with a human rights approach to prison management, benefiting 50 participants from various regions.
On the 24 to 27 May 2011 the Second National Consultative Conference for District Human Rights Committees (DHRC) was jointly organized in Bo by the Human Rights Section of UNIPSIL and the Human Rights Commission of Sierra…
The Local Policing Partnership Board was launched in Rutile, Southern Sierra Leone, with AIG South Mr. David S. Sesay urging community members to enhance community policing through trust, friendship, mutual respect, and…
Sierra Leone's police and military tensions are being addressed through a UN-supported joint training project and a nationwide sporting competition to foster collaboration and trust.
21 September 2010 - In Sierra Leone, which in 2002 emerged from a decade- long civil war, the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone (UNIPSIL) partnered with the National Youth Coalition to celebrate…