By Fatou Camara II
Justice Minsiter Dawda Jallow on Tuesday stated that the government remains committed to the transformation of the country’s security sector, after arguing the country is with a legacy of human rights abuses.
Mr Jallow stated this while launching the national security strategy and security sector reform strategy documents held at Bijilo.
The justice minister said: “As a country with a legacy of human rights abuses, the government is acutely aware of the need for transformation and development of the security sector with the fervent belief of the contribution that the sector could make in the process of state building, democratisation and peace building.
“I wish to take this opportunity to reiterate the government’s full and unwavering commitment to the implementation of the security sector reform.”
According to the justice minister, the security sector reform program of the government will see the government ensure ‘full’ civil oversight and democratic control of the security sector in line with international standards.
“Furthermore the objective is to build a security sector that has high respect for human rights and gender mainstreaming issues in all aspects including reengineering security institutions to ensure the integrity and legitimacy of the security system,” he said.
