Source: AllAfrica
Chief Justice Francis S. Korkpor has said that Liberia has only one court that handles cases of rape and gender-based violence in the country.

It is the Criminal Court E located at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia, he said.

Chief Justice Korkpor noted that the act establishing Criminal Court "E" stipulates that it should be established in each of the 15 counties, and be a separate and special division of the circuit court to be called Sexual Offence Division.

He, however, admitted that due to the lack of infrastructure around the country, only Criminal Court "E" in Montserrado County is operating as a Sexual Offence Court.

"Another deficiency of Criminal Court E is that since its establishment, only one judge has been appointed so far although the act stipulates that it must be presided over by two judges."

Chief Justice Korkpor made the disclosure on Monday during programs marking the official opening of the October Term of the Supreme Court.

It was quite recently that Judge Joseph S. Fayiah was inducted as the second judge to preside over Court "E" with Judge Ceaineh Clinton Johnson to mend it.

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