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December 17, 2024 Dispatches

Liberian Warlord-Politician’s Death and the Search for Justice

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June 13, 2024 Statement

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May 6, 2024 Statement

Liberia’s Compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights: Joint Follow-Up Report on Impunity and Past Human Rights Violations

For the 141st Session of the Human Rights Committee Follow-up to concluding observations 01 July – 02 August 2024

August 16, 2023 Statement

Liberia: Accra Agreement’s Unfinished Business

20 Years After Civil Wars Ended, Still Seeking Justice

A woman holds a placard during a peaceful demonstration in the Liberian capital Monrovia, July 4, 2006, calling on the visiting U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish a war Crimes court in Liberia as a means to bring justice to the country.
January 27, 2023 Commentary

The Long – Yet Still Uneven – Arc of International Justice

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December 5, 2022 News Release

US: Back War Crimes Court in Liberia

US-Africa Summit Important Moment to Support Justice for Liberian Victims

Supporters of George Weah attend a meeting during their party's presidential campaign rally at Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia, Liberia December 23, 201
December 5, 2022 Statement

Briefing Note on the Call for a War Crimes Court for Liberia

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Supporters of George Weah attend a meeting during their party's presidential campaign rally at Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia, Liberia December 23, 201
November 2, 2022 News Release

France: Conviction for Atrocities in Liberia

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A courtroom sketch showing Kunti Kamara addressing the Paris Criminal Court during his trial, October 2022. 
October 5, 2022 Q & A

France’s Trial for Atrocities Committed in Liberia

Questions and Answers

A woman holds a placard during a peaceful demonstration in the Liberian capital Monrovia, July 4, 2006, calling on the visiting U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan to establish a war Crimes court in Liberia as a means to bring justice to the country.
October 5, 2022 News Release

France: Liberia Atrocity Trial

Reform of French Universal Jurisdiction Laws Needed

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October 4, 2022 News Release

Liberia: US War Crimes Ambassador’s Visit

Rights Groups Call for Justice for Civil Wars-era Crimes

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August 3, 2021 Letter

Open Letter on the Recommendation by Liberia’s Senate to Establish a Transitional Justice Commission

June 18, 2021 News Release

Liberia: Landmark Swiss Conviction for Wartime Atrocities

Switzerland and Liberia Should Build on Important Progress

Switzerland's national flag flies over the entrance of the Swiss Federal Criminal Court (Bundesstrafgericht) in Bellinzona, Switzerland March 5, 2020.
March 17, 2021 Dispatches

Liberia Misleads on Justice at UN Rights Review

President Weah Should Commit to Real Progress, Back War Crimes Court

The 36th Session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.
March 17, 2021 UPR

Joint Statement for the Adoption of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Liberia

Delegates sit at the opening of the 41th session of the Human Rights Council, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, June 24, 2019.

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