Independent Human Rights Investigators -IHRI

⚖️ British Embassy Monrovia is committed to supporting Liberia on universal human rights ⚖️

Ambassador Neil Bradley signed off new funding for civil society actors working to abolish the death penalty.

🇬🇧 UK believes justice can be done, while maintaining the right to life.

Liberian delegation meets UN as Economic, War Crimes Court takers shape Liberian President Joseph Boakai has announced the formation of a committee to reconstitute the leadership of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Court to pursue justice for victims of the country’s civil war. A senior Liberian delegation met with the United Nations Tuesday in New York. Adama De...

US court finds former Liberian military commander Thomas liable for war crimes A Pennsylvania court in the United States found Colonel Moses Thomas, commander of the defunct Armed Forces of Liberia’s elite Special Anti-Terrorist Unit, responsible for the 1990 massacre of over 6…

Liberia: House Votes to Hold Constituency Engagements Over War Crimes Court Establishment - FrontPageAfrica MONROVIA — House Speaker Bhofal Chambers has constituted a special committee to spearhead anationwide consultation by members of the House of Representatives over the establishment of a war crimes court in Liberia. The Committee is headed by Rep. Dowohn T. Gleekia (District #6, Nimba County)...

Pro Liberian, International Justice Advocacy Groups Petition House of Representatives Not to Endorse Senate’s Proposal to Establish Transitional Justice Commission - FrontPageAfrica Capitol Hill, Monrovia – A group of Liberian and international nongovernmental organizations have vehemently expressed their opposition to the Senate’s recommendation, calling on the President to set up a Transitional Justice Commission (TJC). In an open letter to the House of Representatives th...

Human Rights Advocates Urge Pres. Weah to Push for Prosecution of Perpetrators of Liberia’s Civil War ahead of UN 75th General Assembly - FrontPageAfrica New York – A Gonglomeration of more than 40 human rights organizations including Human Rights Watch, Civitas Maxima (Liberia), the Foundation for Human Rights and Democracy (Liberia) and Global Justice and Research Project (Liberia) are urging President George Manneh Weah to use his speech at the ...