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27 Wm. & Mary J. Race Gender & Soc. Just. 829 (2020-2021)
Increasing Accountability for Rape in Liberia: The Need for a Forensic System to Increase the Success Rates of Prosecution

handle is hein.journals/wmjwl27 and id is 867 raw text is: INCREASING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR RAPE IN LIBERIA: THE NEED FOR A FORENSIC SYSTEM TO INCREASE THE SUCCESS RATES OF PROSECUTION PELA BOKER WILSON* INTRODUCTION I. ASSESSING RAPE IN LIBERIA A. Rape Before and After the Civil Conflict 1. An Existing Patriarchal Society 2. The Culture of Impunity B. Reform Mechanisms: Increasing Accountability for Rape 1. Revised Legal Framework for Rape 2. Policy Framework 3. Institutional Mechanisms C. Evaluating the Effect of the New Reform Policies on Rape 1. Rape Statistics After the Reform 2. Evaluating the Evidentiary Threshold for Prosecuting Rape 3. Challenges to Creating Accountability for Rape II. FORENSIC EVIDENCE: ADDRESSING THE INADEQUACY OF NONSCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE A. What Is Forensic Evidence 1. Forms of Forensic Evidence 2. Procedures for the Management of Forensic Evidence B. Effect of Forensic Evidence on Rape Prosecution 1. Increased Accountability for Rape 2. The Use of DNA as a Deterrence Factor 3. Effects on Plea Bargaining, Victims, and Trial Periods 4. The Use of DNA as an Exoneration Tool III. LIBERIA'S REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATION TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS RAPE A. International Instruments 1. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (1984) * Pela Boker-Wilson is an Assistant Professor of Law and legal practitioner admitted to the Liberian Bar. She completed her LLM Fellowship in Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa from the Georgetown University Law Center and holds an LLB, first place honours, from the Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law, Liberia. She is also a Fellow of the United Nations Public International Law Program-The Hague Academy of International Law, Netherland. She has over twelve (12) years of accumulative legal and administrative experience working with government and international organizations institutions. She is a former Prosecutor and committed to advancing the rights of women and children. 829

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