Open Gov Challenge: Sierra Leone
Learn more about Sierra Leone's Open Gov Challenge commitment on justice.
The Open Gov Guide
The Open Gov Guide is the go-to resource for open government reformers. The guide provides concrete recommendations for policy makers, civil society representatives, and more on how to apply open government principles to real-world challenges. Readers can also use the guide to learn more about how governments at the national and local level are putting these values into practice through OGP action plans and beyond.
Learn more about this policy area in the “Access to Justice” chapter of the Open Gov Guide.
Challenge Commitments
As part of the Open Gov Challenge, the OGP Support Unit would like to recognize some of the most inspiring commitments made by participants to date. Read more about these exciting reforms on justice below.
For a full list of Challenge commitments submitted by members, visit our Open Gov Challenge Commitment Tracker.
Open, Accessible, and Inclusive Court Rulings
This commitment aims to ensure the public can understand what the Constitutional Court does and how its rulings can help protect their rights. Thus, the Judiciary aims to increase the public’s understanding of the court’s work, especially for youth and Afro-Colombian and indigenous communities.
Amend the Ombudsman Law to Increase Access to Justice
In Sierra Leone, the government has identified public administration issues and complaints and wants to address them in a faster, more efficient way. To do this, Sierra Leone will amend the existing Ombudsman Act and enact its regulations. To ensure the public’s needs are reflected, the government will conduct focus group discussions and public consultations to shape these legal updates and provide training to build staff capacity in the Ombudsman Office.
All Commitments from OGP Members
Explore all access to justice commitments from OGP members.
The following list reflects commitments submitted through national or local action plans. For more details, visit OGP’s Data Dashboard.
Filter the commitments according to three categories evaluated by the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM): ambition, completion, and early results.
- Ambition: Beginning with 2020 action plans, the IRM assesses ambition using an indicator called “Potential for Results.” This indicator is an early marker of a commitment’s potential to yield meaningful results, based on how the commitment is articulated in the action plan and the state of play in the respective policy area.
- Completion: For each commitment, OGP’s Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) evaluates the degree to which the activities outlined in the commitment were implemented.
- Early Results: Beginning with 2021 action plans, the IRM assesses commitment results using an indicator called “Early Results”. This indicator compares the state of transparency, citizen participation, and/or public accountability before the action plan with the state at the end of the action plan.
Commitment List
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| Country/Locality | Year | Commitment Title | More |
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| Quezon City, Philippines | 2025 |
Expanding Access to Legal Services through the Organization of Lawyers for the Provision of Pro-Bono Legal Aid |
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| Jamaica | 2024 |
Increase Access to Information on Human Rights |
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| Liberia | 2024 |
Improving Access to Justice |
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| Morocco | 2024 |
Promoting women's access to legal information |
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| Morocco | 2024 |
Enhancing access to justice services among regions |
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What is this showing?
This table shows all commitments that match the filters selected at the top of the page. At least one filter must be selected to populate this table. Use the tags above the table to further filter by commitment quality (e.g. ambitious, complete). Click on commitment titles to learn more about each commitment. Click on “Featured” icons to access stories, where available.
Why is this data helpful? (why did we choose it?)
This table enables finding existing commitments in specific policy areas, regions, and years, as well as top-performing commitments by using the built-in table filters.
How is this calculated?
The commitment performance metrics (e.g. ambitious, complete) are derived directly from IRM reports. See the terms below for details. The Year field shows the year in which the commitment was first submitted. Icons in the Featured field indicate that a story is available on the OGP website.
Terms to know
Access to Justice Stories
Denis Stands Up Against Discrimination
Discrimination against the Roma community has been an ongoing problem in North Macedonia. When Denis was denied entry at a public pool, he turned to a local people-centered justice organization for support.
Renewing Democracy – A Decade of OGP
In less than a month, two summits will take place on democracy. The first, the White House Summit for Democracy will deal with global threats including the rise of authoritarianism and feature the voices of...
A Clear Commitment to Justice
Justice has become one of the most popular policy areas across the Partnership and the Independent Reporting Mechanism (IRM) has found many of these commitments to be highly impactful.
Strengthening the Link Between Human Rights and Environmental Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean
Ecuador forges a path to environmental justice by ratifying and starting to implement a historic agreement to protect the environment and give democratic power to its people.
Take the Challenge
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