According to the CSOs, transitional justice across Liberia will serve as a deterrence for would be perpetrators. It is also aimed at forging the relationship between Liberians at home and aboard aimed at promoting peace and reconciliation in line with the Kyiv Declaration of October 2015 on the role of the National Human Rights Institute in post conflict situation, peace and reconciliation. “We, at OHCHR recognized that it is very important to address human rights violations because there are many gains when that happens,” he said. Speaking about the feedback from the citizens during the past outreach, the OHCHR boss said the responses have been over overwhelming and he was confident that transitional justice is gaining attractions. The Government of Liberia has failed to implement the TRC recommendation which called for the establishment of a war crimes court to prosecute those that committed the worst atrocities during Liberia’s civil war.

Source: Front Page Africa November 02, 2020 05:01 UTC