PIO/UNIOSIL PR 105
Freetown, Sierra Leone, 22 November 2007 - The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone, in partnership with the United Nations and Civil Society Organisations, has urged the new Government and the international community to redouble efforts towards the implementation of the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report.
In a communiqué issued following a two-day consultation held in Freetown, on 19 and 20 November, on the implementation status of the recommendations, stakeholders called on the Government, the international community - the moral guarantors of the Lome Peace Accord that ended the civil conflict -, and other actors to take ownership of and expedite the implementation process of the TRC recommendations.
The communiqué also called for the formulation of a comprehensive implementation strategy with clear allocation of responsibilities to the relevant Ministries and Agencies on a timely basis. The implementation also requires the full support of donor countries.
Participants in the consultations encouraged as well civil society and other non-state actors to be proactive in sensitizing the public on the recommendations of the TRC report.
It was further underscored that the recommendations are critical for peace consolidation in Sierra Leone.