By Fatmata Jengbe
The Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) on Thursday February 13th, 2020 continued its strategic engagement with the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority (SLRSA) at their head office at Kissy Road, Freetown.The engagement was about the human rights implications on the use of the road and road safety.
Zeid Ra’ad, Al Hussein, the former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in March 2018 spoke about ongoing efforts to promote road safety at the Geneva Motor Show that “Road safety is a human rights issue.
Today, international law imposes affirmative obligations on every State to take all reasonable steps to protect the right to life, the right to personal security, the right to health, and the right to development of all people.”
The perils which road users face on a daily basis can be regarded as a human rights issue. This issue calls for urgent remedial action by the State, which has the constitutional obligation to respect, protect, promote and fulfil the human rights of the people.
The HRCSL and the SLRSA will therefore partner on key areas in the protection and promotion of human rights as it relates to the use of the road and road users.
