Monrovia, Sept. 18 -- Leading justice advocates are urging the government of President Joseph Boakai to make the creation of a war and economic crimes court its top priority and remove the proposed anti-corruption court from the mandate of the Office of the War and Economics Crimes Court, the body tasked with creating the tribunal that will try those accused of war related crimes.

The Boakai government has pledged to break with previous post war administrations to establish a war and economic crimes court as well a national anti-corruption court. The first would prosecute individuals and institutions accused of international crimes including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and international economic crimes committed during Liberia's...