The intensification of civil wars in the sub-region escalated as the result of growing needs from some businesses outside the region to purchase minerals illegally at the expense of civilians who were viciously victimized due to proceeds acquired from such transaction.

President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has nominated Commissioners of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights of Liberia (INCHRL).

Cllr. Punchu Leonard Bernard will serve as Chairperson of the Commission with other Liberians vetted under an intense vetting process serving as Commissioners. Other members of the Commission are: Cllr. T. Dempster Brown; Mr. Thomas Abu Bureh; and Mr. Boakai Dukuly. Other Commissioners of the Independent National Commission on Human Rights of Liberia are: Ms. Ruby Johnson-Morris; and Mr. James D. Torh.