Glenna Gordon and Jina Moore look at Liberia's efforts to restore law and justice -- for victims of sexual violence, for communities in conflict and for the nation as a whole.
Published November 12, 2009
Jina Moore, for the Pulitzer Center
When Charles Taylor's on the stand, Monrovia buzzes. The former Liberian president and accused warlord is standing trial at The Hague, in the Netherlands, in a kind of satellite courtroom for the Special Court for Sierra Leone.
Don't worry; the geography of it all, and the relevance, also confuses some Liberians. Here's a short video introducing the ataye center where I did some reporting on the question of how Liberians feel about the Charles Taylor trial.