Samuel Kofi Woods
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Samuel Kofi Woods
"In February 2006, Samuel Kofi Woods became the Liberian Minister of Labor appointed by the newly elected President Ellen Johnson- Sirleaf. In 1991, Woods became director of the Justice and Peace Commission in Liberia. Liberia's civil war, and the subsequent Intervention by Nigerian troops, led to mass abuses of human rights." [1]
"Founding director of the foremost human rights organization in Liberia, the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission". bio
- Founder, Foundation for International Dignity
- Council Member, Centre for Democracy and Development
- Former Director, International Human Rights Law Group
- Advisory Board, Res Publica
- Executive Director, Justice and Peace Commission
- Winner of the 1994 Reebok Human Rights Award
