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President Lincoln abolished slavery in District of Columbia [this day at law]
April 16, 2013 by Zachariah Rivenbark
On April 16, 1862, US President Abraham Lincoln signed "An Act for the Release of certain Persons held to Service or Labor in the District of Columbia" into law. The act abolished slavery in the District of Columbia and created a three-commissioner panel to review petitions for compensation from.... [more]
Liberia prison conditions condemned by human rights group [this day at law]
September 21, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On September 21, 2011, Amnesty International (AI) condemned Liberia for the poor conditions of their prisons. AI released a report that accused the government of Liberia of failing to cope with the needs of its prisoners. Some specific problems cited were inadequate drinking water, poor.... [more]
National Election Commission of Liberia distributed defective ballots [this day at law]
August 23, 2012 by Katherine Bacher
On August 23, 2011, the National Election Commission of Liberia distributed defective paper ballots for the constitutional referendum. Voters found errors on the ballot proposing a change to the retirement age of Supreme Court judges. The error left many voters confused when they were casting.... [more]
UN concerned over Liberia draft law criminalizing homosexuality
August 3, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Friday expressed concern about draft legislation that would criminalize homosexual behavior in Liberia. The bill provides for fines and imprisonment for up to five years for "seduc, encourag, promotanother person of the same.... [more]
Four men arrested for killing UN officials in Ivory Coast
July 27, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced Friday that four men responsible for killing seven UN officials during an armed conflict near the border town of Tai were arrested in Liberia. The seven UN peacekeepers, all from Niger, were killed in a cross-border raid in early June. The attack.... [more]
Liberia senate passes anti-same-sex marriage bill
July 20, 2012 by Max Slater
The Liberian Senate on Thursday approved a bill that prohibits same-sex marriage in the West African nation. The bill, sponsored by Senator Jewel Howard Taylor, makes same-sex marriage a second degree felony subject to a fine or a short term of imprisonment. Senator Joseph Nagbe, who supported.... [more]
Charles Taylor, Arms Dealers and Reparations [op-ed]
June 7, 2012 by Caleb Pittman
JURIST Guest Columnist Kenneth Gallant of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law says that the sentencing of Charles Taylor should have included the provision of reparations for his victims, and that the prosecution ought to raise this issue on appeal...The.... [more]
Ivory Coast cross-border violence still continues: HRW
June 6, 2012 by Sung Un Kim
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported on Wednesday that since July 2011 at least 40 people including women and children have been killed during cross-border attacks on Ivory Coast villages by armed militants in Liberia. The report stated that militants were using children to conduct those attacks on.... [more]
Seeking Justice for Liberia: Reflections of a Prosecutor [op-ed]
June 3, 2012 by David Mulock
JURIST Contributing Editor David Crane of Syracuse University College of Law says that the conviction and sentencing of former Liberian president Charles Taylor by the Special Court for Sierra Leone should not keep justice from being sought against him for crimes committed against his own.... [more]
Liberia man removed from US for human rights abuses
April 1, 2012 by Jaimie Cremeans
George Boley, former leader of the Liberian Peace Council (LPC), was removed from the US on Saturday for his role in human rights abuses in the 1990s during the Liberian Civil War. An immigration judge ordered his removal from the US in February for recruiting child soldiers and other human.... [more]
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