Fetol Siakor, Director for Complaints, Investigation and Monitoring at the Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR), has challenged Liberians to have trust and confidence in the commission by taking complaints on human rights violations to the entity instead of taking the law into their own hands. Complaints on human rights violations, or anyone claiming to have been victimized, should seek redress through the INCHR’s offices in any of the 15 counties where its monitors or investigators are assigned, Director Siakor urged. He wants ‘justice actors’ and representatives of other legal institutions to collaborate with the INCHR in addressing reports of human rights violations, adding that without collective effort, the fight against human rights violations or other crimes will not be achieved. INHCR should be considered as everybody’s stopping point for human rights issues, and the public should rest assured of the commission’s support and preparedness to ensure their cases are treated with due diligence. The Friday dialogue brought together representatives from government ministries, agencies and personnel of the Armed Forces of Liberia, officers of the Liberia National Police, and corrections officers representing the Ministry of Justice.

Source: Daily Observer January 23, 2018 02:15 UTC