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March 17, 2021

Liberia Misleads on Justice at UN Rights Review

Liberia’s justice minister, Frank Musa, gave a misleading statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council on March 17 regarding the government’s purported efforts to ensure much-needed justice for widespread atrocity crimes committed during the country’s back-to-back civil wars between 1989 and 2003.

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United Nations

March 17, 2021
Dispatches
Liberia Misleads on Justice at UN Rights Review

Elise Keppler

Associate Director, International Justice Program

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United Nations

March 17, 2021
UPR
Joint Statement for the Adoption of the outcome of the Universal Periodic Review of Liberia
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February 12, 2021
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Q&A: Swiss Trial for Liberia Atrocities: Universal Jurisdiction Paves Path for Justice

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