Monrovia, March 13 -- Dr. Jallah Barbu, executive director of the Office of War and Economic Crimes Courts of Liberia, says a bill for the courts will be ready "very soon."

By Anthony Stephens with New Narratives

Dr. Barbu said that a technical committee comprising Liberian transitional justice experts, was "reenforcing the bill" drafted by a committee of the Liberian National Bar Association he chaired. That bill was submitted to the Legislature in 2021, but has yet to be approved by the Legislature, the only body with the constitutional power to do so. Dr. Barbu said the committee was now relooking at the Bar's bill "because of all that has happened over the period."

"Very soon, we will have a draft in hand, while working with our i...