Liberia War Crimes
Liberia: Proposed War Crimes Court Has Some Surprising Allies: Warlords
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Some accused Liberian warlords are among the biggest proponents of Liberia’s War and Economic Crimes Court, saying they want their day in court and that only a trial can...
Liberia War Crimes
Liberia: Senate Begins Consultations on Competing War Crimes Court Bills; Advocates Hope Outstanding Issues Can Be Resolved Before Public Hearings
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Liberia's Senate Judiciary Committee has begun consultations on six competing bills to establish a war and economic crimes court and a national anti-corruption court,...
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Liberia: Senate Advances War and Economic Crimes Court Push, Unveils Roadmap to Harmonize Competing Bills
Monrovia – The Liberian Senate has taken a significant step toward the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court, with its Judiciary Committee submitting...
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Liberia’s War Crimes Push Revives as Boakai Receives Draft Laws After Period of Doubt
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President Joseph Boakai received draft bills for Liberia’s proposed war crimes and anti-corruption courts just days after renewing the mandate of the office overseeing...
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Liberia: Peace Prize in Hand, Boakai Gives Legislature 90 Days to Make War Crimes Court Law
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President Boakai, returning from a US trip where he received a peace prize for his commitment to post-war justice, has made a bold public...
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Liberia: Belgian Court Orders War Crimes Trial for Martina Johnson, a Key Ally of Warlord-Turned President Charles Taylor, After Decade-Long Investigation
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A Belgian appeals court ordered Martina Johnson, a senior commander in Charles Taylor’s rebel movement, to stand trial for alleged atrocities committed during Liberia’s...
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Liberia: Leading War Crimes Investigator’s Office Attacked As Threats Against Witnesses, Investigators Escalate
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Armed men broke into the offices of the Global Justice and Research Project, a war-crimes investigation group, in an incident the organization said police are...
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As Liberia Debates War Crimes Court, Experts Urge Forced Marriage Be Treated as a Crime
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International justice experts are urging Liberia to explicitly criminalize forced marriage – widespread during the wars - in the statute of its proposed war...
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Liberia’s Chiefs Rally Behind War and Economic Crimes, Anti-Corruption Courts
Gbarnga, Bong County – The National Council of Chiefs of Liberia has reaffirmed its strong support for the establishment of the War and Economic Crimes...
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Liberia: Calls for Unity Rise as War Crimes Court Rift Deepens at Justice Conference
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The ongoing dispute between Liberia’s War Crimes Court Office and a civil society coalition dominated a transitional justice conference in Monrovia.
Officials and advocates called for collaboration, even as...
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Liberia: Boakai Renews Commitment To A Functional War and Economic Crimes Court’s Establishment
MONROVIA -- As he mounted the podium to deliver his third State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr. reiterated his...