Liberia: Post-War Liberia’s Ongoing Quest to Reverse the Culture of Impunity

Two decades after Liberia’s civil wars ended, new laws are a chance to learn from past mistakes that impeded transitional justice.

Liberian senators have introduced two separate bills to establish a war crimes court and a specialised economic and corruption crimes court. This aligns with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 2009 recommendation to establish an extraordinary criminal tribunal to prosecute former warlords and criminal perpetrators of Liberia’s 14-year civil wars, including…