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LIBERIA: Warnings Against Mob Justice

LIBERIA: Warnings Against Mob Justice The UN decries vigilante groups while the government encourages them. The chief United Nations representative in Liberia on October 19th cautioned citizens there against taking part in vigilante justice, even as they put up with rising crime and a judicial system that remains deeply flawed and corrupt. “In our fight against crime, we must always remember that we cannot, and must not, take the law into our own hands,” said the Secretary‐General's Special Representative in Liberia Alan Doss . “Mob justice is wrong. It is a violation of the law,” he added, just days after two military police officers with the UN Mission in Liberia ( UNMIL ) were injured trying to contain a mob attack amid violence following the murder of a local man. “We must allow justice to take its course even though the wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly.” Mr Doss’ comments also came a day after the Mission's most recent report on human rights noted that “the judicial system continued to fail to uphold constitutional guarantees and international human rights standards binding on Liberia.” Corruption in the judicial system is an “extremely serious problem [that] remains an enormous challenge to the rule of law http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series Wiley

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Copyright © 2006 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1467-825X
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10.1111/j.1467-825X.2006.00616.x
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The UN decries vigilante groups while the government encourages them. The chief United Nations representative in Liberia on October 19th cautioned citizens there against taking part in vigilante justice, even as they put up with rising crime and a judicial system that remains deeply flawed and corrupt. “In our fight against crime, we must always remember that we cannot, and must not, take the law into our own hands,” said the Secretary‐General's Special Representative in Liberia Alan Doss . “Mob justice is wrong. It is a violation of the law,” he added, just days after two military police officers with the UN Mission in Liberia ( UNMIL ) were injured trying to contain a mob attack amid violence following the murder of a local man. “We must allow justice to take its course even though the wheels of justice sometimes turn slowly.” Mr Doss’ comments also came a day after the Mission's most recent report on human rights noted that “the judicial system continued to fail to uphold constitutional guarantees and international human rights standards binding on Liberia.” Corruption in the judicial system is an “extremely serious problem [that] remains an enormous challenge to the rule of law

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Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series – Wiley

Published: Nov 1, 2006

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