War Crimes Court

We gather here today to call upon the United Nations Security Council to come up with a resolution establishing a war and economic crimes court to appease the victims of war crimes. The wasting of over 250,000 lives out of savagery by heartless men and women should not go in vain. Let this part of the world taste international justice for the dead to rest in peace. Therefore, we demand the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court in Liberia as it was done in the case of the sister Republic of Sierra Leone.

LUJA: An Imperative For War and Economic Crimes Court For Liberia

March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 admin2Liberia, Luja, War Crimes Court0 comment

RELEASE–Petition For A War And Economic Crime Court In Liberia______ Your Excellencies: The Embassy of the United States of America, The United Nations, The EU, The ECOWAS Commission, The African Union, The Mano River Union, The Liberian Press, and Media Institutions. With urgency, the Liberians United for Accountability and Justice presents its profound compliments on behalf of the “Movement For War And Economic Crimes Court” a group vigorously committed for the establishment of the WAR CRIMES COURT in Liberia for the sole purpose of finally ending the perennial cycle of…

During the Legislative conference, Professor Olympia Beko, head of the international criminal justice unit of the human rights law centre, University of Nottingham, and David Scheffer, first U.S. Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues (1997-2001), will provide expert advice to members of the Legislature and Liberian stakeholders working on the Draft Act to Establish an Extraordinary Tribunal for War and Economic Crimes for Liberia via video-conference.

Public Policy

Is Liberia ready to address war crimes?

September 23, 2019 admin2Liberia, War Crimes Court0 comment

The essentials: Liberia’s President George Weah is making moves that may lead to the establishment of an economic and war crimes court. This week, Weah submitted recommendations to parliament and sought advice on addressing human rights violations, war and economic crimes committed during the 14-year-long Liberian civil wars which ended in 2003. The background: President Weah appears to be bowing to pressure from civil rights groups and Liberian citizens to finally address the injustices of the wars. Although the Liberian truth and reconciliation commission recommended the establishment of a special…

News

Liberia Hosts Conference on War Crimes Court

August 7, 2019 admin2Liberia, War Crimes Court0 comment

Civitas Maxima, an organization that represented victims of War Crimes and civil society organizations have concluded a major conference on accountability for war crimes with members of the 54th Legislature. The conference was held at a resort in Monrovia from July 18-19, 2019. Selected members of the House of Representatives were invited, including the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), civil society organizations and two international experts. According to Civitas Maxima, the conference was being organized in collaboration with the administration of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom,…

the former chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), Cllr. Jerome Verdier, responding to a VOA Day Break Africa report on the case, welcomed the civil lawsuit against former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf specifically

News Politics

Ellen, Weah, Others to Answer to War Crimes Charges

April 5, 2018 admin2Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia, War Crimes Court0 comment

Liberian Americans, identified as Rev. Mahn Coaley and Pastor Torli Harlan Krua have filed a lawsuit against former President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and others in the District Court of Massachusetts in the United States on account of their alleged roles in the 1990 war that took more than 200,000 lives and displaced countless more. Others named in the suit include President George Manneh Weah, former President Charles Taylor, Jucontee Thomas Woewiyu and Richard V. Spencer, secretary of the Navy, USA. The Court’s summons, a copy of which is…

Butt Naked: Liberia War Time General Calls For War Crimes Court

September 8, 2015 adminButt Naked, Liberia, TRC, War Crimes Court

A former fierce commando during the civil crisis and now revered minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Evangelist Joshua Blayee, is calling for all warlords as well as those who provided support to warring factions to face a war crime court in Liberia. Aliased General “Butt Naked” from his tendency of going naked while in battle, particularly in the April 6, 1996 fracas, Evangelist Blayee has since turned away from his horrid past, running a faith-based organization that caters to the needs of ex-combatants and other needy people. However,…

We need a War Crimes Court in Liberia now

March 15, 2015 adminLiberia, War Crimes Court

By Tewroh-Wehtoe Sungbeh I saw the list, and I also read the comments of those concerned Liberians. They are powerful comments that exposed the Sirleaf administration of hypocrisy and cowardice. Truth is, the Sirleaf administration, and even President Sirleaf is indeed teetering on cowardice, hypocrisy and incompetence. The list is comprised of individuals who inspired, financed and waged a war that killed hundreds of thousands of innocent Liberians, maimed countless others, raped and killed countless women and (pregnant women), sent hundreds of Liberians into their graves and into refugee camps,…