On 4 March 2019, ESCR-Net sent a collective letter to the President of Sierra Leone to express concern regarding a violent incident on 21 January 2019, between local communities and military personnel deployed to protect the palm oil plantations of the agribusiness Socfin Group in the Sahn Malen Chiefdom in Pujehun District, Sierra Leone.
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11/27/2018
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On 30 October 2018, the Human Rights Committee (HRC) adopted General Comment No. 36 on the Right to Life (under Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights). General Comment No. 36 (GC 36) is an important normative development for both civil and political rights, as well as economic, social and cultural rights (ESCR).
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