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
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

Awards