| At the request of the Liberian Truth & Reconciliation Commission (TRC), The Advocates for Human Rights is coordinating a project to collect statements from thousands of Liberians living in the Diaspora. Statements bear witness to the human rights abuses and humanitarian violations that occurred during the Liberian civil crises during the past two decades. Working with Liberian community partners around the globe, The Advocates is mirroring the TRC process underway in Liberia. This groundbreaking project gives Liberians in Diaspora a voice in the promotion of international justice and human rights as part of the truth, justice, accountability and reconciliation processes in Liberia.
With input from a national Advisory Committee of Liberian community members, statement-taking was pilot-tested in Minnesota, USA in the fall of 2006. As a result of the success of this pilot, The Advocates has now launched full-scale statement-taking in the United States in Minnesota, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, Washington, D.C., Newark, and Atlanta. Statement taking is also underway in the Buduburam Refugee settlement outside Accra, Ghana and in London, U.K. | 
