{"id":73982,"date":"2015-06-18T01:40:58","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T01:40:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierraexpressmedia.com\/?p=73982"},"modified":"2015-06-18T01:40:58","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T01:40:58","slug":"sierra-leone-wins-big-laurels-at-african-union","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sierraexpressmedia.net\/?p=73982","title":{"rendered":"Sierra Leone Wins Big Laurels At African Union"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the African Union has successfully won a significant election for the nation at the AU.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Madam Jamesina L. King (in photo), Chairman \u00a0the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone and \u00a0candidate for the Republic \u00a0, is now a member of the African Union Commission on Human and People\u2019s Right after winning elections conducted by the Executive Council of the AU at the ongoing Summit in South Africa. The victory, which places Sierra Leone once again at the international map of accomplishments is the the result of the hard work of the\u00a0Sierra Leone Permanent Mission to the African Union\u00a0in collaboration with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and international Cooperation, \u00a0pursuant to the directives of the Government of Dr. Ernest Bai\u00a0Koroma that the nation\u2019s candidature be effectively promoted and canvassed .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a result of the efficient canvassing and consultations held with delegates by \u00a0the Foreign Minister, Hon. Samura Kamara and the \u00a0Sierra Leone\u2019s Permanent Representative to the AU and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of Ethiopia, H.E. Mr. Osman Keh Kamara \u00a0and staff \u00a0Jamesina L. King, \u00a0was among three Candidates elected out of a total\u00a0number of 11 candidates who contested for the coveted continental position.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Though the candidate herself was not at the elections and campaigns were conducted in her absence , Dr. Samura Kamara and Ambassador Keh-Kamara represented Sierra Leone at the elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The African Commission on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights was established by the African Charter and was inaugurated on November 2, 1987 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with its Secretariat subsequently located in Banjul, the Gambia. The Commission performs tasks assigned to it by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government and is charged with three major functions :\u00a0the protection of human and peoples\u2019 rights ; \u00a0the promotion of human and peoples\u2019 rights and\u00a0the interpretation of the African Charter on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights.\u00a0The Commission has 11 members in all, \u00a0elected by the AU Assembly from experts nominated by the State Parties to the Charter and their \u00a0mandates , which are renewable, last for six years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jamesina King holds \u00a0a post graduate degree from Georgetown University Law Centre, Washington D.C. and a certificate in \u201cImplementing Human Rights Conventions\u201d from University of Nottingham Human Rights Law Centre, U.K. She is a Leadership Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellow and past president of Legal Access through Women Yearning for Equality Rights and Social Justice (LAWYERS) \u2013 an organization of female lawyers in Sierra Leone dedicated to enhancing women\u2019s access to justice. She was the first Chair of HRCSL, and served in that capacity for two years. She was appointed as Commissioner in 2006 and re-appointed in 2011.<\/p>\n<address><em>Leeroy Wilfred Kabs-Kanu<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Minister Plenipotentiary \/ Head of Public Affairs and Information<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the United Nations<\/em><\/address>\n<address><em>New York<\/em><\/address>\n<p><strong><em>Stay with Sierra Express Media, for your trusted place in news!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the African Union has successfully won a significant election for the nation at the AU.\u00a0 Madam Jamesina L. 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