compensation in cases of expropriation of property, in light of the fact that the draft
National Land Policy has not been enacted;
The right to work
66. The lack of a concrete timeline within which the minimum wage will be reviewed, in
addition to the lack of information on the measures put in place to ensure validation of
workers for pastservices rendered, in order to obtain their pension under the National
Social Security Insurance Trust;
The right to health
67. The current allocation of the annual State budget to the health sector which is less than
the 15% minimum amount stated in the Abuja Declaration on HIV/ AIDS,
Tuberculosis and other Related Infectious Diseases;
68. The lack of information on access to medical facilities and services in the rural areas;
69. The stigmatization and exclusion faced by survivors of the Ebola virus;
Protection of the rights of persons living with HIV/AIDS
70. The lack of information on the following: the existence of laws on criminalization of
transmission; disaggregated data on the HIV prevalence rate; the measures put in
place to ensure access of treatment to men having sex with men (MSM); and whether
educational programshave integrated information on HIV/AIDs;
The right to education
71. The Government's policy of barring visibly pregnant girls from attending school and
taking national exams;
72. The lack of information on measures put in place to ensure access to education in the
rural areas, in addition to the lack of a comprehensive program on human rights
education in the curriculum of primary and secondary schools;
Protection of the rights of women and children
73. The lack of information on the measures put in place to monitor implementation of the
Domestic Violence Act, in addition to the non-domestication and full implementation
of the provisions of CEDAW in the country;
74. The lack of review of the Offenses against the Person Act (1861), specifically Sections
58 and 59 which criminalize abortion in all cases;
75. The failure to adopt concrete measures to eliminate the existing discrimination against
women which is heavily rooted in customs and tradition;
76. The rise in maternal and newborn deaths since the Ebola outbreak, in addition to the
fact that, in spite of the measures put in place, Sierra Leone has been rated as one of
the countries in the world with the highest maternal and infant mortality rate;