The Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme (SLCMP), formerly known as the Special Court Monitoring Program, is a new independent initiative through which Sierra Leonean lawyers and civil society activists from a variety of backgrounds seek to combine their efforts to monitor criminal trials.
The project has been assisted in its start-up phase by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and work closely with the Coalition for Justice and Accountability. The monitors are assisted in their work by a Programme Director who coordinates all activities relating to the programme.
With the experience gained by monitoring the trials at the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the SLCMP will be monitoring domestic institutions in the course of 2005. Monitors are assigned to all criminal proceedings including the juvenile courts, magistrate courts, and the High Court.
The programme will also monitor governmental institutions, starting with the Anti Corruption Commission (ACC).
