Sierra Leone, where ten years of brutal war was fought, saw justice as a means of healing the people. It established a United Nations-backed war crimes court wherein those that committed heinous crimes, including Liberia’s own Charles Taylor, were prosecuted and convicted. Since this tiny West African country completed prosecution of war criminals, it has remained peaceful and more united. The victimized Liberians, on the other hand, accepted this idea that was meant only as an open escape route for perpetrators of war crimes. They feared that establishing a war crimes court would plunge the country into another war.

Source: Daily Observer April 27, 2017 03:45 UTC