Monrovia, March 27 -- Civil society organizations working on transitional justice in Liberia have urged President Joseph Boakai to extend his executive order establishing the Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts which expires May 1.

By Anthony Stephens with New Narratives

Key mandates of the Office, including a roadmap for Liberia's transitional justice process and a bill for a war and economic crimes court, have yet to be finalized. Earlier this month Dr. Jallah Barbu, executive director of the Office, said a bill for the court will be ready "very soon."

At an event organized by the Liberia Massacre Survivors Association and the Female Lawyers Association of Liberia to forge a collaboration between civil society and the Office on...