Geneva/Monrovia/Nottingham, 21 July 2026 – Civitas Maxima, University of Nottingham and GJRP submit comments on Liberia's draft War and Economic Crimes Court legislation
Geneva/Sinjar, 24 June 2026 – Yazda and Civitas Maxima signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formalizing their cooperation to advance accountability for international crimes committed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
(Geneva and Madrid, 22 April 2026) – A Spanish court has confirmed the expansion of an investigation into alleged international crimes committed during the Sierra Leone civil war to include money laundering offences and additional suspects.
The judges of the chambre des mises en accusation of the Ghent court of appeal issued a decision officially closing the investigation phase of the case against Martina Johnson and sending her case to trial before the cour d’assises.
(Monrovia, March 4, 2026) – Armed men at 3 a.m. on February 20, 2026, raided the office of the GJRP in Liberia, the Center for Justice and Accountability, Civitas Maxima, Global Justice Center, Global Justice and and Research Project and HRW.
Today, following a closed hearing held on 30th September 2025, the judge of the “Chambre du conseil” in the Ghent Court of First Instance issued a decision formally closing the investigation into Martina Johnson.
Laye Sekou Camara, high-ranking member of the LURD has been sentenced to 57 months in prison, 3 years of supervised release and assessed a $400 special fee by the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the United States.
the Spanish court entrusted with jurisdiction over international crimes committed abroad, reopened the pre-trial investigation into international crimes allegedly committed by a Spanish national during the civil war that ravaged Sierra Leone.
On May 27, 2025, the criminal division of the Jura-Bernois-Seeland Regional Court, in Switzerland, found Mr. Alan White, a U.S. citizen, guilty of the offence of defamation committed on July 19, 2021 against Alain Werner, the Director of CM.
Liberian President Joseph Boakai should follow through on his commitment to justice and human rights by renewing an executive order key to establishing a war crimes court to address accountability for civil war-era crimes in the country.
Laye Sekou Camara, alleged high-ranking member of the LURD, who was due to stand trial for immigration fraud in Philadelphia beginning on 21 January 2025 has plead guilty to all four counts of immigration fraud.
Laye Sekou Camara, also known by his noms de guerre “General K-1” and “General Dragon Master”, is alleged to have participated in Liberia’s brutal second civil war as a high-ranking member of the LURD.
