Jerome Verdier
Encyclopedia
Jerome J. Verdier Sr. is a leading human rights
activist and environmental lawyer in Liberia
. In 2006, Verdier was also selected to serve as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee
for Liberia.
Verdier is a multiple graduate of the University of Liberia
. He received his Bachelor's of Business Administration in 1988 as well as a Bachelor's of Law degree in the same year from the school's Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law
. He received a Bachelor's of Science in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009.
Verdier is a practicing attorney in Liberia and has successfully filed suit against the government on multiple occasions.
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
activist and environmental lawyer in Liberia
Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
. In 2006, Verdier was also selected to serve as chairperson of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Liberia)
The Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission is a Parliament-enacted organization created in May 2005 under Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.Its mandate is to "promote national peace, security, unity and reconciliation" by investigating more than 20 years of civil conflict in the country and to report on...
for Liberia.
Verdier is a multiple graduate of the University of Liberia
University of Liberia
The University of Liberia is a publicly funded institution of higher learning located in Monrovia, Liberia. Authorized by the national government in 1851, the school opened in 1863 as Liberia College and became a university in 1951. The school is one of the oldest institutions of higher learning...
. He received his Bachelor's of Business Administration in 1988 as well as a Bachelor's of Law degree in the same year from the school's Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law
Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law
Louis Arthur Grimes School of Law is the law school of the University of Liberia in Monrovia, Liberia. Founded in 1951, it is named after former Chief Justice of the Liberian Supreme Court, Louis Arthur Grimes. The school offers a three-year program leading to the granting of the Bachelor of Laws...
. He received a Bachelor's of Science in Management from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2009.
Verdier is a practicing attorney in Liberia and has successfully filed suit against the government on multiple occasions.