Advocacy and Human Rights
The Saibatu Mansaray Journey cuts with one of Sierra Leone’s finest lawyer and human rights advocate. Esq Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah enthusiastically and unapologetically lends his voice to the cause of the people to a point he nearly jeopardized his own legal career.
You don’t want to miss:
Our lawyer’s run-in with the law
His take on Sierra Leone’s judicial system
Women in governance
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Augustine Sorie-Sengbe Marrah is a leading lawyer, constitutional expert and good governance enthusiast. He graduated top of class from the Sierra Leone Law School in 2009 and has been in legal practice for almost twelve years.
He has offered ranging legal and consultancy services to top corporate/commercial entities, national and international human rights and charitable institutions, and highly distinguished individuals. He has litigated a few international commercial arbitrations before the London Court of International Arbitration and the International Chamber of Commerce Arbitration Court.
Augustine was appointed by the President of Sierra Leone, one of a seven-member team, to craft the national anti-corruption policy strategy for 2019 to 2023. He was a key member of the Sierra Leone Bar Association’s steering committee for the drafting of the cybercrime law of Sierra Leone and also sits on the Pharmacy Board of Sierra Leone—the body in charge of the Pharmacy profession and pharmaceutical trade in Sierra Leone—and is involved, in his capacity as chairman of the Disciplinary Committee of the Pharmacy Board, in the review of the Pharmacy and Drugs Act 2001.
Augustine served as secretary of the regulatory body for lawyers in Sierra Leone (General Legal counsel) and its disciplinary committee for two consecutive years. He is a member of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, the International Bar Association and the Commonwealth Lawyers Association.
He currently runs his own law firm in Sierra Leone—Marrah & Associates.
