Formal and informal justice in Liberia
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Author (s): Pewee Flomoku and Counsellor Lemuel Reeves Date of Publication: 2012 Original document here Published by: Conciliation Resources In this article, Pewee Flomoku and Counsellor Lemuel Reeves from the Carter Center describe their organisation’s experiences in promoting justice in post-war Liberia, in particular in linking traditional and formal justice systems. The justice system that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf inherited when she came to office in 2006 was in tatters. Particularly in rural areas, police and magistrates were largely unpaid and unregulated, and were often operating in their own interests. A critical peacebuilding challenge for Liberia has been to build its citizens’ trust in the justice system – to persuade…
