The Advocates for Human Rights is pleased to announce that the first ever public hearings of a national truth commission to be held in a Diaspora community are coming to Minnesota. During the week of June 9-14, 2008, as a component of its partnership with the TRC of Liberia, The Advocates will host public hearings at Hamline University in St. Paul, MN, USA. Commissioners of the TRC of Liberia will travel to Minnesota to preside over the hearings. This will be an historic event. No other similar body has ever held public hearings in its Diaspora before.
The US public hearings will present the Experience of Liberians in Diaspora. Witnesses will testify about the human rights abuses in Liberia that forced them to flee, their experiences in flight and in refugee camps, and the experience of resettlement in the U.S. The U.S. hearings will also provide an important the opportunity for Liberians in the Diaspora to present their experiences and recommendations directly to the TRC, which is mandated to make binding recommendations to the government of Liberia.
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In order to make the hearings more open to the public, the hearings will be webcast.
If you have any questions about the public hearings, please contact Jennifer Prestholdt of The Advocates for Human Rights at jprestholdt@advrights.org, or call 612-341-3302 ext. 111.
For information about public hearings held in Liberia, visit the website of the TRC of Liberia.
Hamline University:
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Public hearings will take place in the Anne Simley Theater and Sundin Music Hall.
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