Liberian Elections Exclude IDPs

Published: 1 Nov 2005

Volume 2, Issue 4 On October 11, 2005, Liberia held its first elections since 1997. This election has spurred many refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to return to their homes in order to vote for their future leaders. Unfortunately, however, the way that the involvement of returnees in the elections was facilitated by the…

Charles Taylor: One Step Closer to Justice

Published: 1 Nov 2005

Volume 2, Issue 4 In our July newsletter we featured the efforts of African advocates to see justice done by seeing Charles Taylor handed over to the Special Court in Sierra Leone, where he has been indicted on 17 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes. One such effort was a case that was…