The establishment of the Human Rights Commission of Sierra Leone (HRCSL) was provided for in the Lome Peace Agreement of 1999, and was also recommended in the 2004 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report. The Commission was finally established by an Act of Parliament (Act. No. 9) to protect and promote human rights in Sierra Leone. It was in December 2006 when the Commissioners were sworn into office. The Commission is a National Human Rights Institution that fulfils the standards set by the UN Paris Principles governing such institutions.