Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission began work October 10, taking statements from perpetrators, eyewitnesses, and victims of the 14-year civil war that left the country shattered and its population decimated. The commission has a two-year mandate to investigate crimes but cannot put alleged perpetrators on trial.
Offices are opening throughout the West African country and in the diaspora (including Minnesota) in an effort to document evidence on crimes committed between 1979 and 2003.
