PRESIDENT BOAKAI SETS UP COMMITTEE TO RECONSTITUTE THE LEADERSHIP OF THE OFFICE OF WAR AND ECONOMIC CRIMES COURT

(Capitol Hill, Monrovia, August 15, 2024) His Excellency, President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr., has constituted a committee to vet and recruit candidates for the post of Executive Director of the Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court.

The Office was established under Executive Order #131 to put in place the modalities and mechanisms to ensure the creation of a Special War Crimes Court for Liberia and an Anti-Corruption Court.

Institutions named to the Search and Vetting Committee include the Ministry of Justice as Chair, the National Civil Society Council of Liberia, a national NGO focused on transitional justice, a national NGO focused on human rights, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the United Nations Office in Liberia, the Independent National Commission on Human Rights, the Liberia National Bar Association, the Inter-Religious Council of Liberia and the African Union Mission to Liberia.

The Committee has been mandated by the President to vet, recruit and recommend to him, candidates who will work with national and international stakeholders to develop appropriate mechanisms, procedures, and processes attending the establishment of War and Economic Crimes Courts for Liberia. The Committee has been asked to submit its recommendations to the President within 21 working days.

The President’s decision, today, to reconstitute the entire Office of War and Economic Crimes Court stems from his desire to ensure that the process leading to the establishment of War and Economic Crimes Courts in Liberia is subjected to open and broad-based public scrutiny. 

Meanwhile, President Boakai has thanked the former Executive Director and his team for their services.

SIGNED:

JEROLINMEK MATTHEW PIAH

MINISTER