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Melron C. Nicol-Wilson
LL.M (Nottingham), LL.M (Pret)
Dip (Lund), LL.B (Hons), BL
Legal Consultant
Barrister-at-Law and Solicitor of the High Court of Sierra Leone
Position: Managing Partner
Tel: +232 22 226333
Email: mnicolwilson@yahoo.co.uk
Melron Nicol-Wilson specializes in International Human Rights
Law and International Criminal Justice.
He holds a Masters Degree in Law with specialization in
International Criminal Justice and Armed Conflict from the
University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom; a Masters Degree in
Law with specialization in Human Rights and Constitutionalism from
the University of Pretoria in South Africa; a Bachelors Degree in
Law with Honours from Fourah Bay College; a Diploma in Human Rights
from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian
Law, University of Lund, Sweden; a certificate in Human Rights
Teaching and Research from the International Institute of Human
Rights, Strassbourg, France. He is a former Teaching Fellow of the
Human Rights Institute, Columbia Law School, New York.
Criminal Practice
As an international Criminal Defence Lawyer, Melron has appeared
before the Special Court for Sierra Leone (2003-2007) representing
an indictee for War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity. He has also
successfully represented several Accused Persons before the Domestic
Courts of Sierra Leone for serious Criminal Offences such as Murder,
Treason, Corruption Cases; Drug related Offences and Economic
Crimes. He has also worked as Legal Adviser of Sierra Leone’s
Anti-corruption Commission.
Human Rights
Melron engages in Human Rights Litigation, Teaching and Research. He
continues to Lecture Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian
Law at the University of Sierra Leone and has written several
handbooks and Articles on Human Rights. He is also a human rights
trainer and has trained Police Officers in Namibia on human rights,
Paralegals, Law enforcement and Public officials in Sierra Leone.
Consultancy Work
Melron has done several Law and Human Rights related consultancy
work including work for the European Union (Assessment of Non-State
Actors and local accountability mechanisms in Sierra Leone);
Department of International Development Justice Sector Development
Programme (Coordinating a Pilot National Legal Aid Scheme in Sierra
Leone and undertaking feasibility visit and study of Legal Aid
models in four Africa Countries); and the United Nations Children
Fund in Sierra Leone (Development of a Handbook and Training of Law
Enforcement and Public Officials in Juvenile Justice).
Key Publications
Articles
Handbooks
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A Handbook on Human Rights for the Namibian Police, Gamsberg
Macmillian Publishers, Windhoek, Namibia July 2000
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Criminalization of Freedom of Expression in Sierra Leone-Time for
Change, Reffo Publishing Press 2007
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A Handbook for Paralegals in Sierra Leone (co-author)
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Juvenile Justice in Sierra Leone-Law and Practice (co-author)
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Discriminatory Laws against Women in Sierra Leone:
 Time for Change
(co-author)
Awards
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