Liberia

• Status of Ratifications
• Reporting Status
• Open invitation to Special Procedures
  (No invitation extended)
• Voluntary Pledges and Commitments
  (Not member of the Human Rights Council)
  

Special Procedures
Country-specific procedure

Independent Expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia

Country visits by Special Procedures

Most recent Special Procedures' reports

Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Liberia (A/HRC/7/67)

Report of independent expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia, Ms. Charlotte Abaka (A/HRC/4/6)

Report of the independent expert on technical cooperation and advisory services in Liberia, Charlotte Abaka (E/CN.4/2006/114)

Report of the independent expert on the situation of human rights in Liberia , Charlotte Abaka (E/CN.4/2005/119)

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Most recent concluding observations

Committee on the Rights of the Child
Concluding observations (2004)

Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Concluding observations (2001)

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Despite the election of the country’s first democratic government in January 2006, Liberia is still recovering from 14 years of conflict. Although the security situation has stabilized in recent years, a combination of weak State institutions,weak law enforcement and a weak judiciary means that human rights are not promoted and protected. Reversing the climate of impunity and ensuring justice for all are the objectives guiding the Human Rights and Protection Section of UNMIL.
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