Given the important stakes for justice and accountability, Human Rights First launched a research project intended to help clarify the attitudes of the various Liberian presidential candidates concerning accountability for past human rights abuses – both general attitudes and specific steps needed to address abuses. Beginning in late August 2005, Human Rights First contacted each of the 22 candidates cleared to run for President by Liberia’s National Election Commission. (A list of the candidates, along with brief biographies of each, is provided below.) We initially reached out to the candidates via email correspondence and followed up via both email and telephone. We informed the candidates of our purpose in undertaking this survey, outlined its nature, and explained our intention to publish a report in advance of the upcoming elections.