In 1986,as a constitutional lawyer,Garlawolu represented the Grand Coalition,an opposition group made up of the Unity Party,Liberia Unification Party,LAC[clarification needed] and United People's Party before the Supreme Court. Upon hearing that the Coalition had scheduled a mass rally at a beach in Monrovia,the Government of Liberia filed a petition for a writ of prohibition against the holding of the rally. The party leaders were arrested and detained. Garlawolu represented them.[citation needed]
Garlawolu founded the Concerned Citizen Movement in 1990 during the First Liberian Civil War and served as its chairman. He attended all[dubious–discuss] the peace conferences from Africa to Europe. These talks led to the formation of a government of National Unity,in which he became the first Attorney General and Minister of Justice in 1996. In 1997,[citation needed] he was elected Senior Senator of Bong County[6] and chaired the Senate Standing Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights.[citation needed] He then became a member of the National Transitional Legislative Assembly[7] following Charles G. Taylor's resignation in 2003 and was subsequently chosen by his colleagues to chair the Judiciary Committee.[citation needed] Garlawolu also served as one of the representatives for Liberia during the formation of the African Union.[8]
In 2003,Garlawolu filed a case on behalf of the Liberian Government against the Government of Sierra Leone[why?] before the International Court of Justice.[citation needed] From 2004 until his death in 2018,he led repatriation efforts on behalf of Malachai Z. York,who is currently serving a life sentence in the American prison system.[4][9] Garlawolu represented ex-president Charles G. Taylor before the Special Court for Sierra Leone.[10] This concerned citizens and other Assembly members,as they thought there was a conflict of interest in Garlawolu being a "sitting lawmaker" while legally defending Taylor,who was being accused of war crimes.[11] Garlawolu also represented Taylor's wife Jewel in divorce proceedings.[citation needed]
In 2005,Garlawolu intended to be a presidential candidate on the ticket of the National Patriotic Party (NPP)[12][13] and declared that he hoped to win more than 75% of the votes. His name,however,did not appear on the finalized ballot.[citation needed] He accepted a proposal from the U.S.-based company Get Informed International[14] to establish and implement an economic development platform in Liberia. Garlawolu also appointed the company as his official presidential advisor in all economic issues. Get Informed International's officers were involved in the U.S. branch of Garlawolu's election campaign and its CEO and CFO were committee managers in the Nuwaubian Trust Freedom Network,[15] which is working for the release of Malachi Z. York from prison.[16]
Garlawolu was a member of the International Criminal Law Network based in The Hague with the rights of a defense Counsel and was accredited to practice before the International Criminal Court and International Court of Justice.[citation needed] Locally,he was president of the Bong County Bar Association and in 2016 was given a certificate of honor by the Liberian National Bar Association.[4] He also received the Albent Award for the democratization of Liberian society.[citation needed] In addition to working on his criminal case,Garlawolu has collaborated with Malachi York in the past,including as co-founders of the Educational Endowment &Humanitarian Foundation,which has built schools,a clinic,and a church in Bong County.[17]
Personal life
Garlawolu was married to Justice Serena F. Garlawolu. He authored two books:The Liberian Civil War and Efforts for Peace[citation needed] and The Abandoned Child.[4] The latter has been used in ninth grade literature classes in the Liberian School System.[citation needed]
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