By: Nat Bayjay, nbayjay2010@gmail.com
On June 30, 2009, Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) submitted its findings and recommendations to the National Legislature; one year and one month on, the Commission finally closed its doors formally Thursday in Monrovia.
Jerome Verdier, whose chairmanship of the Commission was characterized by both internal wrangling and accusations of being biased, told [...]

By: Nathan Patio Charles
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The International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) says it welcomes the apology given by Sierra Leonean President Ernest Bai Koroma on Saturday to women’s victims of the country’s 10-year armed conflict that ended in 2002.
“With this apology, Sierra [...]

By: Our Staff Writer
Reports from the Monrovia say the Liberian leader, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has finally reported to the 52nd National Legislature on the controversial Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report, though some months later than she should have according to the act of the TRC.
The monitored reports [...]

By: Our Staff Reporter
A human rights report released in Monrovia Wednesday speaks of significant gaps in human rights protection due to major capacity and resource constraints across the legal, judicial and corrections sectors in Liberia.
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) released its report that covers the period of January to June, 2009 and identifies [...]

*Attorney Seton-Cee and Commissioners
By: Our Staff Writer
Commissioners who were designated to spearhead the Independent Human Rights Commission (IHRC) of Liberia re-appeared before the Liberian Senate recently  following their initial rejection in confirming them.
Beedo-Wla Freeman, Joseph Cornormia, Losene Bility, Anthony Boakai and Esther-Seeton Cee are the five individuals appointed by President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to run the [...]

*Pres. Sirleaf delivering address
President of the Republic of Liberia Capitol Hill, Monrovia Delivered Monday, 25th January 2010.
Mr. Speaker;
Mr. Vice President and President of the Senate;
Mr. President Pro Tempore;
Honorable Members of the Legislature;
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court and Members of the Judiciary;
Members of the Cabinet and other Government Officials;
Mr. Doyen, Excellencies and Members of the [...]

*Photo on Flickr by gbaku
Here we are about to start a new year and I am sitting at my computer reflecting on how far the Ceasefire Liberia project and website have come over the last nine months.
Since we received the first small grant from Global Voices to start our website in April, we have had [...]

By Leroy M. Sonpon, III
The Country Director for Action Aid Liberia, Ernest Gaie, is warning the Government of Liberia, as well as its international partners, of the re-occurrence of another war, if the recommendations of the final unedited reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) are quashed.
Mr. Gaie, in a poignant tone, stressed that [...]

Story By Boima J.V.Boima
Photo on Flickr by kippster

Though the official activities of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ended months ago, the implementation of its controversial reports or  recommendations remain a major concern in post-war Liberia .
The ‘unedited report’ as it is referred to within many quarters in the country, which is believed to have [...]

By: Ruthie Ackerman
Photo on Flickr by woody1778a
Every month when I do my roundups of what happened on the Ceasefire blog that month I think to myself, “It can’t get much better than this!” And it always does.
October has proven to be our best month yet (so far). We have hit a new record with the [...]