A Liberian delegation comprising the President of the Liberia National Bar Association (LNBA), Cllr. Sylvester D. Rennie and Chief Justice, Sie-A-Nyene G. Yuoh, has departed Liberia for Freetown, Sierra Leone to participate in an international conference hosted by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice.
According to an LNBA release, the conference, which is currently taking place in Freetown, began on 13 May and will end 17 May.
The conference is being held under the theme: “Enhancing, the Role, Relevance, and Effectiveness of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice through the Strengthening of Synergies between the court and National Stakeholders.”
The ECOWAS 2024 International Conference will bring together Jurists, Scholars, and other Stakeholders from the institution and agencies of ECOWAS as well as member states of the community.
The LNBA stated that the theme of this year’s conference cannot be overemphasized because it aims to generate constrictive discussions around the strengths and weaknesses of the court’s relationships with various national stakeholders and explore practical solutions that can be adopted to strengthen such relationships for the enhancement of the role, relevance, and effectiveness of the court.
Meanwhile, LNBA has hailed the recent unprecedented and courageous move by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai to sign Executive Order # 131 to establish the Office of War & Economic Crimes Courts in Liberia.
LNBA welcomes the move and says, the demonstrated political will exhibited by the Boakai Administration will now set the long awaited pace to bring closure and accountability to major atrocities committed during the Liberian civil conflict after over two decades.
The Bar also commended the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Cllr. J. Fonati Koffa and Senate Pro-Tempore Nyonblee Karnga-Lawrence for coordinating and superintending the recent Joint Resolution adopted by the National Legislature which is a substantial step toward ending wartime impunity.
The move comes more than 20 years after Liberia’s civil conflicts which resulted in the deaths of approximately 250,000 people, the release indicated.
