From SLCMP
The Aims and Objectives of the Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme
By SLCMP
Feb 17, 2005 - 12:10:34 AM
The aim of the Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme is to promote judicial accountability in Sierra Leone by monitoring criminal proceedings at the Special Court for Sierra Leone as well as domestic institutions such as the national court system and the Anti-Corruption Commission.
The SLCMP will seek to monitor proceedings on at least five levels:
a. the general conduct of proceedings, including access to the courtroom and documentation;
b. basic procedural propriety;
c. substantive legal issues and decisions;
d. issues such as strategy, process, and judicial economy; and
e. public outreach and information.
The current objectives of the Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme are to:
a. provide the public, both Sierra Leonean and the international community, with an independent and fair assessment of the activity of the Special Court, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the domestic courts, thereby contributing to the public discourse;
b. to strengthen and improve the operations of the Special Court, the Anti-Corruption Commission and the domestic legal system;
c. facilitate the regular presence of civil society representatives at the proceedings for this purpose, and to allow for them to produce critical oral and written commentary, thereby enhancing the capacity of civil society to do effective monitoring.
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