Samuel Kofi Woods

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." 

"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