Executive Order No. 148, signed by President Joseph Nyuma Boakai, Sr. of the Republic of Liberia on April 30, 2025, is a renewal and strengthened successor to Executive Order No. 131, which had originally established the Office of the War and Economic Crimes Court for Liberia in May 2024, with the telling use of the phrase "reiterate the continuous existence" of the Office, rather than "establish", confirming that this later order was issued to revive and upgrade what EO 131 had created, adding clearer financial and operational structures that were absent in the earlier order. Rooted in Liberia's fourteen-year civil war during which warring factions committed widespread atrocities including murder, genocide, rape, destruction of property, and looting of national resources, the order draws its justification from the 2003 Comprehensive Accra Peace Agreement, the 2005 Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), and the TRC's 2010 Final Comprehensive Report, which recommended the creation of an Extraordinary Criminal Court to hold perpetrators accountable, as well as from Resolution No. 001/2024 passed by the 55th Legislature on April 8, 2024, calling on the Executive Branch to establish both a Special War Crimes Court, to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity committed between 1979 and 2003, and a National Anti-Corruption Court to adjudicate corruption from 1979 to the present. While acknowledging that the Liberian Penal Law does not explicitly define or provide for war crimes prosecution, the order establishes that Liberia's ratification of international treaties and conventions on war crimes incorporates those instruments into domestic law, providing the necessary legal foundation for prosecution. The Office itself is to be headed by an Executive Director who must be a highly qualified and reputable lawyer, knowledgeable in both Liberian constitutional and criminal law and experienced in working with the international community, supported by a secretariat and a core team of professional legal minds, and its responsibilities include researching and selecting an appropriate international tribunal model, drafting legislation for the Anti-Corruption Court, liaising with international partners to secure funding, and recommending the scope and duration of both courts. A significant upgrade over EO 131, this order introduces a specific annual budget of USD $2 million disbursed in quarterly installments of $500,000, places the Office as a budget line item under the Ministry of State for Presidential Affairs, and establishes a more rigorous accountability framework requiring quarterly operational and financial reports to be submitted to the President through the Minister of Justice, subject to independent verification and audits by authorized government agencies. The Office will operate as a semi-independent body, free from any political influence and guided strictly by legal considerations, and its mandate will automatically cease upon the full establishment and coming into operation of both the Special War Crimes Court and the Anti-Corruption Court, with the order expressly stating that nothing within it shall interfere with or diminish the rights of any Liberian citizen, taking immediate effect upon signing.