However, most of the TRC’s recommendations have not been implemented, despite a continued call from human rights defenders like Dempster. Other key players of the war who were recommended by the TRC for prosecution are holding on key positions in the government. President Weah, then in opposition, called for the creation of the court, and pledged to champion its establishment but has since rolled back on his promise. Some of these people have even fled civil suits in the US or were deported from the US based on their responsibility for human rights abuses in Liberia, he said. The culture of impunity can only be laid to rest when perpetrators are held accountable for their actions, he said.
