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Liberian President Joseph Boakai has signed an executive order to create a long-awaited war crimes court to deliver justice to the victims of Liberia's two civil wars.

President Joe Biden sees himself as a human rights president, but his legacy is the opposite. Whether through negligence or a desire to prioritize friends over fact, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and national security adviser Jake Sullivan increasingly turn a blind eye if not endorse human rights fraud. Many human rights and conflict resolution

Pleasanton Unified School District (PUSD) Superintendent David Haglund, along with the district’s executive staff, have turned down the annual salary increase known as a “me too” raise in a show

Superintendent Chris Van Schaack, leader of the Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District. (LVJUSD) since 2022, has announced he will be retiring at the end of the school year.

Capitol Hill, Liberia, April 3, 2024 – The first day sitting of the Special Session of the House of Representatives Tuesday, April 2, 2024 was abruptly adjourned over distribution of T-shirts among lawmakers, promoting the establishment of War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia.

Monrovia, Liberia, March 27, 2024—Former Senator Commany B. Wesseh (River Gee County) says Liberia does not need a war crimes court but rather a South African style of truth and reconciliation.

In a poignant appeal to the people of Liberia, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack urges citizens to rally behind calls for the establishment of a War and Economic Crimes Court for the country.

Roughly 10 million people have been displaced and about 15,000 civilians have been killed due to fighting between two rival generals in Sudan. The ICC has been investigating current ongoing atrocities using a UN Security Council resolution from 2005. The World's host Carolyn Beeler speaks with Beth Van Schaack, the US ambassador-at-large for global criminal justice, about the

In the two years since Russia invaded Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities say they have documented more than 125,000 war crimes committed by Russian forces. And in 2023, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin on a war crimes charge involving the alleged deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia.…

Terence P. Jeffrey on February 15, 2024