Capacity Building for Community Residents’ Representatives

To enhance community residents’ ability to contribute to the maintenance of the rule of law, fundamental human rights, that will enable them meaningfully to contribute to justice sectors accountability, RHRAP provides trainings and awareness to community residents including Traditional, Religious, Community Leaders, Youth, and Women Groups on how the Criminal Justice System works starting from arrest to court-detention-parole. This initiative is providing knowledge to community residents to hold justice sectors’ workers accountability on justice malpractices as well as change of attitudes to support the rule of law. It is gradually helping residents especially in rural communities to developed confidence in the court system despite the serious challenges facing Liberia’s justice system