One Year of Inaction: Sierra Leone fails to implement ECOWAS Court judgment on police accountability

Freetown, 3 March 2025 – One year after the landmark ruling by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (the Court) in the case of Mohamed Morlu v. Republic of Sierra Leone, AdvocAid and the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) express deep concern over the Government of Sierra Leone’s failure to comply with the Court’s orders. The judgment, delivered on 28 February 2024, found Sierra Leone responsible for multiple human rights violations and ordered the State to compensate Mr. Morlu. However, despite repeated attempts to engage the government, there has been no action taken to implement the judgment.