A/HRC/10/52 page 12 launched an US$ 11 million project, “Improving Access to Justice in Sierra Leone 2009-2011” to address gaps and challenges in the justice sector not covered by the Reform Strategy. Implementation of this project is in progress. 34. Significant progress was made in the implementation of the US$ 3.4 million justice sector capacity-building project and the US$ 1.5 million prison project under the Peacebuilding Fund. Most of the substantive activities under the justice sector project, including the training of legal executives, police prosecutors and local court officials have been completed. The project also provided computers, Internet facilities and vehicles to enhance the work of the judiciary. However, implementation of some of the activities, including the refurbishment of the law library and the purchase of law books, the construction of courthouses, and residences for prosecutors, has been rather slow. Under the prison project, improvement was noted in the living conditions in some of the prisons. Beds and mattresses were procured and efforts at decongesting Pademba Road Prison commenced. 35. In January, there was a change in the leadership of the judiciary after His Honour Ade Renner, then Chief Justice, was asked by the President to go on extended leave. Justice Umu Jalloh, the most senior justice on the Bench, was accordingly sworn in as Acting Chief Justice on 28 January 2008. There were concerns that the orders of the President to the Chief Justice violated the Constitution but no petitions were filed to challenge the constitutionality of the action. In November 2008, the former Chief Justice tendered a letter of resignation. Justice Umu Jalloh was then appointed in December 2008 (the first female Chief Justice of Sierra Leone). 36. Very little progress was noted in building the prosecutorial capacity of the Ministry of Justice. The justice sector capacity-building project provided for the recruitment of 17 State Counsels. However, as of the end of 2008, only two had been recruited. Prosecution of criminal cases at the magistrate courts remained in the hands of police prosecutors who are not lawyers. To address their capacity needs, UNIPSIL and UNDP trained 100 police prosecutors in prosecutorial process and basic human rights under the capacity-building project. 37. Some progress was made in the area of law reform. A new Anti-Corruption Act was passed by Parliament in August 2008 which expanded the powers of the Anti-Corruption Commission to arrest, charge and prosecute corruption cases without prior approval of the Ministry of Justice. The National Drug Control Act was passed in 2008 to replace the Dangerous Drugs Act and established the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency to implement the provisions of the Act and ensure conformity with international drug control conventions to which Sierra Leone is a signatory. A bill for the protection of persons with disabilities was also drafted and is now pending in Parliament. B. Transitional justice - national reconciliation and implementation of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission report 38. The Human Rights and Rule of Law Section of UNIPSIL continued its advocacy, technical and advisory services to the Government in furtherance of the implementation of the recommendations made in the 2005 report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Some progress towards its implementation was made in 2008, including in particular the receipt of a US$ 3.4 million grant under the Peacebuilding Fund for the implementation of the reparations