Programs

(Credit: USIP) Saah N'Tow (lead researcher), Honorable Philip A.Z. Banks III (Minister of Justice), Deborah Isser (USIP), Dr. Steve Lubkemann (GW University), and Jimmy Shilue (Researcher)

Since 2005, USIP has supported efforts to rebuild the justice system in Liberia through projects focused on the non-state justice system and law reform.

Meeting of a Liberian peace-making group (USAID)

Rule of Law is working with international partners to assess the ways in which customary systems may compliment and strengthen the state system in post-conflict settings.  The program is hosting a Conference on Legal Pluralism in partnership with the World Bank Justice for the Poor Program and George Washington University this November, which will draw leading policy-makers, practitioners and academics from around the world.