Mohamed Suma currently serves as the interim program manager for the Liberia program. He joined ICTJ in May 2011 as program associate after serving as consultant in Sierra Leone since 2005. Prior, he served as the executive director of the Centre for Accountability and the Rule of Law (formerly Sierra Leone Court Monitoring Programme), a partner organization of ICTJ. From 2002 to 2004, Suma worked as outreach associate at the UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone. He also worked for the National Forum for Human Rights as research and information assistant (2001-2002) and for the Fourah Bay College Human Rights Clinic (University of Sierra Leone) as the clinic supervisor (2009-2010). He has served as independent consultant for a number of panels and missions including National Assessment Mission for the Uganda War Crimes Division (now International Crimes Division) and the Observatory Mission to Gambia on behalf of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH).
For the past six years, Suma has been monitoring the UN backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, the implementation of the Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission recommendations including the reparations program, an experience he has extended to other institutions of accountability such as the national courts and the Anti Corruption Commission. He has also worked extensively on various transitional justice mechanisms including criminal justice, truth seeking, reparations, and issues relating to the UN Peacebuilding Commission. He worked closely with the Sierra Leone National Human Rights Commission.
Suma was a fellow of the Open Society Justice Initiative/Central European University (2004-2006) where he obtained a Masters in Human Rights. He also has a B.A. in History and Sociology and a Certificate in Social Development from the University of Sierra Leone.