568:, in a 2009 report, called on Liberia "to enact without delay and as a matter of priority legislation prohibiting female genital mutilation and to ensure that offenders are prosecuted and punished in accordance with the severity of this violation". It also called on Liberia "to immediately stop issuing permits to practitioners, as is currently being done by the Ministry of Internal Affairs", and to implement and strengthen programs designed to change attitudes toward the practice. The committee also urged Liberia "to address all forms of violence against women", to make use of every possible means "to convey the message that all forms of violence against women, including domestic violence, are unacceptable", and to ensure that such violence is properly addressed by the judicial system.
589:
human-rights and formed committees "to identify and highlight violations and find tools to hold perpetrators to account". The program was successful in many ways, helping to eliminate such longstanding practices as "children working on the farms of teachers and purchasing palm oil as school fees" and parents being obliged to pay tuition for nominally free schools. "Progress was also made in the area of abuse and violence against students. In most schools targeted, a ban on beating students for wrongdoings or failure has been enforced. In one case, flogging of students was banned as a result of the SHDRA intervention."
476:"build and strengthen national democratic institutions and the rule of law in Liberia which will include monitoring, documenting and advocating their effective functioning as people-centered institutions of justice that uphold the rule of law and respect for human rights". The CJL said that its first order of business would be "to name and shame" the perpetrators of wartime human-rights violators "and make sure that the USA is neither a safe haven for them nor a vacation joint where they travel and enjoy their bloody wealth without any form of accountability".
668:
criminal justice system. Around 80 per cent of prisoners were awaiting trial; some were detained for years before their trial....People were often required to pay for services that are supposed to be free, for example for police to carry out investigations. Magistrates routinely denied bail. The judiciary lacked independence." Judges will often award damages, try cases, release prisoners, and issue not-guilty verdicts in return for bribes, and defendants are often advised by their lawyers to pay off judges, jurors, and others.
581:
schools "fees" must be paid to cover costs and salaries. Child abuse, including sexual abuse, is common, as is female genital mutilation, which is not illegal. Prostitution by girls is common as well. Also, there are many street children in
Monrovia. Orphanages are essentially unregulated, with poor food supplies, sanitary conditions, and medical care, and depend on groups like UNICEF for financial aid. Liberia is not a signatory of the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction.
585:
clubs" and "redress committees" that report such abuses and that have led to the dismissal of a number of teachers. A member of one of these school clubs said that its activity "has contributed to increased respect for student's rights at the school. For instance, the habit of untimely relationships between teachers and students has been greatly reduced since the club was established two years ago." Efforts supported in part by the NHRF have also contributed to the eradication of physical punishment in schools.
32:
1899:
371:
518:
during the previous year, they had resulted in "few investigations and only two convictions". The Anti-Corruption
Commission, HRW complained, is "hampered by insufficient funds personnel" and does not actually have the "authority to independently prosecute cases", and that the failure of Sirleaf to deal with this issue has led to "the perception that the president lacks the will to address the problem".
489:
Academic institutions operate freely. The right to free assembly is usually respected, though there are exceptions. Liberians enjoy religious freedom. They also enjoy the freedom to travel domestically and abroad, and the right to move abroad and repatriate, but when traveling are sometimes subject to arbitrary searches and extortion by police and immigration officers.
440:, articulated the views of many of Sirleaf's critics, charging the president with nepotism, among other offenses, and citing the high government positions held by Sirleaf's three sons. In November 2012, a Liberian human-rights lawyer, Tiawan Saye Gongloe, also criticized Sirleaf's nepotism and called on her to resign.
1695:
1771:
601:
Discrimination against the disabled is illegal but widespread, especially in the countryside. Most public buildings are inaccessible to disabled people, and there is no law requiring them to be accessible. As a result of the civil war, there are many
Liberians with disabilities. There is a National
580:
A child becomes a
Liberian citizen if at least one parent is Liberian or if the child is black and born in Liberia. A non-black child born in the country is not entitled to citizenship. School is technically free, but families must provide children's uniforms, books, supplies, and desk, and at many
475:
Five human rights organizations formed the
Coalition for Justice in Liberia (CJL) in October 2012 "to advocate for justice, create awareness, and campaign for the establishment of an international tribunal to prosecute perpetrators of war crimes in Liberia". It also seeks, among other things, to help
463:
The 2003 peace agreement that ended the Civil War called for the establishment by the
Liberian government of an Independent National Human Rights Commission. Although an act officially founding such a commission was passed in 2008, the actual formation of the commission was delayed for several years.
676:
Prison conditions in
Liberia are substandard, with overcrowding, insufficient food and potable water, poor sanitation and ventilation, and a lack of medical care. The Red Cross has been helping to improve the water supply and sanitation at several facilities, while the UN and various NGOs have been
641:
Forced labor is illegal, but takes place, with rural families often sending women and children to cities to work in homes or as street vendors. Children under 16 are not allowed to work, but this prohibition is not effectively enforced and child labor is virtually ubiquitous, with minors working in
629:
A joint interview in March 2012 with Tony Blair made international headlines because of
Sirleaf's support of her country's antigay legislation and because of Blair's refusal to challenge her on the subject. "We've got certain traditional values in our society that we would like to preserve," Sirleaf
680:
The government permits monitoring of prison conditions by the UN, human-rights groups, and the media. In 2008 the overwhelming majority of inmates in
Monrovia Central Prison, according to Amnesty International, were being "held without charge, some for as long as two years". In 2010, according to
667:
Amnesty
International described the problems with the Liberian judiciary as follows in 2012: "Inadequate police investigations, a shortage of public defenders, poor case management, corruption, and a judiciary that lacked the capacity to hear cases in a timely manner contributed to a backlog in the
663:
The Liberian judiciary is characterized by inefficiency, corruption, underqualified lawyers and judges, and a chronic lack of court facilities, transportation, and other resources. Although defendants have the right to attend their own trials, to consult an attorney, to view evidence, and to appeal
540:
Recent improvements on this front include the establishment of a court for gender and sexual violence cases the opening of a UN-supported safe house in Monrovia for survivors of sexual violence, the UN's funding of a national action plan on gender-based violence, and the ratification by Liberia of
471:
Human Rights Watch noted that in 2010 Liberia "made no progress in ensuring the prosecution of those responsible for war crimes committed during the armed conflicts" in accordance with the 2009 final report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. A 2012 report by Amnesty complained that persons
499:
Ritualistic killings, which involve the removal from the victim's corpse of body parts used in tribal rituals, and which are often described in police reports as accidents or suicides, are a common occurrence. Protests against these killings are also common, and sometimes lead to injury and death
479:
Since Liberia's civil war ended in 2002, UN forces have been in charge of security and have been training Liberian armed forces and police. A US-led program to recruit and train a new Liberian army finished its task in December 2009, although American military personnel continued to train Liberian
467:
In September 2009 the Independent National Commission on Human Rights was finally created, yet the selection of its members, according to Human Rights Watch, was marred by "a flawed vetting procedure, inadequate involvement of civil society groups, and the initial selection of a member with close
584:
The Norwegian Human Rights Fund "supports several local initiatives to defend the rights of children and to promote human rights in Liberia's school system", including programs to prevent the sexual exploitation and abuse of students in schools. It has helped in the establishment of "peer watch
517:
There exists an underfunded and understaffed Liberian Anti-Corruption Commission, created in 2008, that is supposedly empowered to prosecute crimes that effectively amount to corruption. Human Rights Watch noted in 2011 that though there had been a multiplicity of high-level corruption scandals
488:
As a rule, the government respects citizens' freedom of speech and of the press, although the government has sued newspapers and others for libel. Journalists often publish articles in return for payment. Internet access is unrestricted, although fewer than 1 percent of Liberians are online.
592:
UNESCO, through the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, helped the Liberian Ministry for Education to implement a program entitled "Peace, Human Rights and Citizenship Education" in the country's schools. This involved training 1300 teachers with an eye to "providing students with knowledge and
588:
As part of a 2010 project by the Self Help Development & Relief Agency that sought to improve the human-rights situation for secondary-school students in southeastern Liberia, "more than 3000 students and teachers participated in training sessions on human rights issues". Students debated
649:
A project in Liberia by the Action for Community and Human Development has sought to "enhance industrial workers unions' capacity to engage with management and protect workers' rights, build the capacity of local community development structures in governance and decision making, and assist
684:
Sirleaf signed an act in 2008 that reintroduced the death penalty. The United Nations Human Rights Committee noted with concern that this represented a violation of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, of which Liberia is a signatory.
454:
Liberia is a signatory of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of
571:
Trafficking of women is a problem, and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women has called on Liberia to effectively implement and enforce the 2005 Anti-Human Trafficking Act, to provide support to women victims, and to address root causes of the problem.
645:
The Child Labor Commission is supposed to protect children from working, but is insufficiently staffed and funded. Various laws limit working hours, establish benefit requirements, and set health and safety standards. There is a minimum wage but it does not apply to many workers.
1752:
1955:
The 1982 report covers 1981 and the first half of 1982, and the following 1984 report covers the second half of 1982 and the whole of 1983. In the interest of simplicity, these two aberrant "year and a half" reports have been split into three year-long reports through
1714:
549:
noted that in 2010, reporting of rape and the police response to those reports improved, but despise the establishment of the sexual-violence court "deficiencies in the justice system and the reluctance of witnesses to testify hampered efforts to prosecute cases".
625:
Same sex activities are illegal in Liberia. There are no known LGBT rights organizations. When Sirleaf won the Nobel Peace Prize and was widely lauded as a human-rights heroine, this discrepancy was noted by many, but Sirleaf stood her ground against gay rights.
1600:
677:
providing medical services and working on sanitary issues. In some cases, men and women, adults and children, and convicts and defendants awaiting trial are incarcerated together. Inmates are allowed to receive visitors and practice their religions.
1733:
472:
guilty of major human-rights violations during the civil war had still not been brought to justice, and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's call for the establishment of a criminal tribunal to prosecute such cases had still not been heeded.
610:
Liberia has 16 different indigenous ethnic groups, each with its own language, and mutual intolerance among them persists. Persons of non-black heritage are not permitted to own property in Liberia and are not eligible to apply for citizenship.
532:
Women have the same legal status as men. Rape and domestic violence are illegal, but widespread, and the laws against them are not effectively enforced. Rape and other forms of sexual violence remain among the most frequently committed crimes.
542:
492:
Discrimination based on ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, and other such traits is illegal, but often takes place nonetheless. Racial discrimination is legal, however. Only blacks, for example, may become Liberian citizens or landowners.
1866:
1657:
2828:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 12. Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty. New York, 15 December 1989"
1847:
1828:
2944:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 11c. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography. New York, 25 May 2000"
1619:
3089:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 11d. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure . New York, 19 December 2011. New York, 10 December 2008"
1581:
435:
Yet, as the Guardian noted in October 2012, "the award to President Sirleaf was not unanimously welcomed in her own country", and a year after the prize was announced, one of Sirleaf's co-winners, Liberian activist
1524:
1809:
2857:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 13. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of their Families. New York, 18 December 1990"
2915:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 11b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict. New York, 25 May 2000"
443:
Both nepotism and corruption are widespread in Liberia. Among the country's other very serious human-rights problems are ritualistic killings, police abuse, incidents of so-called "trial by ordeal",
1638:
2683:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 6. Convention on the non-applicability of statutory limitations to war crimes and crimes against humanity. New York, 26 November 1968"
638:
Workers in the private sector have the right to join unions and are allowed to strike and to engage in collective bargaining. Workers in the public sector are forbidden from joining trade unions.
2886:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 8b. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. New York, 6 October 1999"
451:
in 2003, however, there has been a great deal of activity by a number of international organizations with the objective of establishing in Liberia a solid democracy based on human rights.
4157:
1503:
4204:
4200:
3060:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 3a. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. New York, 10 December 2008"
3001:
2914:
2770:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 9. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. New York, 10 December 1984"
464:
Amnesty International noted in 2013 that Liberia was in dire need of such a commission, and called on the government to "make the establishment of such a commission a top priority".
3088:
3031:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 16. International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. New York, 20 December 2006"
2943:
3059:
3030:
2885:
2972:
2856:
2827:
2798:
2682:
2653:
2769:
2740:
2712:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 7. International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid. New York, 30 November 1973"
2711:
2624:
2595:
2566:
2537:
468:
ties to the president, and of other members who lacked relevant experience", all of which raised doubts about the commission's independence and about Sirleaf's commitment to it.
3223:
565:
4196:
1543:
3002:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 15a. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New York, 13 December 2006"
2654:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 5. Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. New York, 16 December 1966"
4056:
2567:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 2. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. New York, 7 March 1966"
455:
Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child.
4187:
447:, the denial of due process, violence against women, domestic violence, female genital mutilation, child abuse, human trafficking, and child labor. Since the end of the
136:
2741:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 8. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. New York, 18 December 1979"
4183:
4174:
4165:
2367:
4161:
124:
2538:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 1. Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. Paris, 9 December 1948"
1790:
2596:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 3. International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. New York, 16 December 1966"
4131:
3901:
1562:
432:, all of whom were cited "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".
3331:
2510:
1939:
Note that the "Year" signifies the "Year covered". Therefore the information for the year marked 2008 is from the report published in 2009, and so on.
2973:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 15. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. New York, 13 December 2006"
2625:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 4. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. New York, 16 December 1966"
2337:
320:
2397:
408:
4046:
3886:
3520:
3242:
3092:
3005:
2947:
2918:
1922:
3063:
2889:
681:
Human Rights Watch, "just over 10 percent of the roughly 1,700 individuals detained in Liberia's prisons had been convicted of a crime".
3034:
2976:
2860:
2831:
2802:
2773:
2744:
2715:
2686:
2657:
2628:
2599:
2570:
2541:
3906:
2799:"United Nations Treaty Collection: Chapter IV: Human Rights: 11. Convention on the Rights of the Child. New York, 20 November 1989"
514:
Corruption is endemic at every level of the Liberian government. Corruption is not, as such, a punishable crime under Liberian law.
3479:
3282:
2171:
1696:
Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
352:
1772:
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography
3823:
334:
330:
381:
1676:
316:
311:
3537:
1219:
239:
2375:
2116:
480:
military officers throughout 2010. Security forces, although reporting to civilian officials, sometimes act on their own.
3454:
3316:
561:, in accordance with local traditions. The Ministry of Gender and Development is charged with protecting women's rights.
274:
131:
3120:
2028:
3921:
3776:
3662:
3408:
3295:
3124:
2309:
401:
2425:
1973:
4235:
2002:
3398:
3361:
3326:
3321:
3311:
4213:
1753:
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict
1468:
444:
251:
204:
199:
3961:
3496:
3418:
1715:
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
256:
221:
216:
52:
4071:
4061:
3866:
3697:
3667:
3474:
3366:
3275:
1917:
527:
394:
304:
3209:
4076:
3966:
3896:
3625:
3413:
3393:
2451:
2058:
4136:
4021:
4006:
3991:
3946:
3881:
3816:
3682:
3601:
3346:
3336:
2345:
1601:
Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity
4011:
3750:
3583:
3547:
3423:
3402:
3388:
3356:
448:
87:
4111:
4086:
3936:
3931:
3911:
3876:
3861:
3532:
3506:
3501:
3341:
1734:
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
342:
161:
156:
4096:
4066:
4051:
4036:
4026:
4016:
3976:
3926:
3871:
3846:
3720:
3652:
3578:
3515:
3459:
3268:
3151:
2252:
2227:
751:
261:
57:
45:
3219:
4106:
4101:
4041:
3996:
3956:
3851:
3832:
3573:
3527:
3489:
2257:
1178:
620:
357:
112:
2282:
2088:
664:
convictions, these rights are often denied to persons who do not pay bribes or have a lawyer.
4081:
4031:
3986:
3971:
3951:
3941:
3916:
3856:
3809:
3642:
3351:
3171:
3133:
2287:
1912:
1382:
543:
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
509:
425:
246:
1867:
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a Communications Procedure
4091:
4001:
3891:
3692:
3677:
3657:
3611:
3542:
3464:
3376:
732:
694:
602:
Commission on Disabilities but it is not effective at protecting disabled people's rights.
286:
185:
75:
8:
3745:
3687:
3637:
3442:
3428:
1157:
558:
281:
22:
3145:
3141:
3137:
3129:
2481:
2146:
1658:
Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
496:
Liberians living outside of Monrovia have highly limited access to government services.
3769:
3707:
3606:
3561:
3469:
3303:
3193:
1848:
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
546:
99:
1829:
International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance
3715:
3672:
3596:
429:
347:
119:
1620:
International Convention on the Suppression and Punishment of the Crime of Apartheid
642:
urban markets, on farms and plantations, and in other jobs, some of them dangerous.
3785:
3740:
3735:
3725:
3647:
3229:
1582:
First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
719:
291:
165:
3730:
3588:
3213:
1525:
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
724:
2124:
3790:
3084:
3055:
3026:
2997:
2968:
2939:
2910:
2881:
2852:
2823:
2794:
2765:
2736:
2707:
2678:
2649:
2620:
2591:
2562:
2533:
1904:
1508:
375:
92:
1810:
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
4229:
3155:
2506:
2426:"Nobel peace prize winner defends law criminalising homosexuality in Liberia"
698:
437:
80:
3183:
3179:
3175:
3167:
2036:
1324:
534:
1639:
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
31:
3801:
1079:
424:
became a focus of international attention when the country's president,
2398:"Liberia: Promoting peace and reconciliation through curriculum reform"
1199:
906:
593:
conflict resolution skills in order to promote peaceful co-existence".
2029:"Liberia: Prominent human rights lawyer calls for Ellen's resignation"
3189:
3198:
2222:
2220:
2218:
2216:
2214:
2212:
1504:
Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
3260:
3206:
2210:
2208:
2206:
2204:
2202:
2200:
2198:
2196:
2194:
2192:
2172:"LIBERIA: Human Rights Activists Press for Justice in Liberia, USA"
554:
2003:"Fellow Nobel peace prize winner criticises Ellen Johnson Sirleaf"
3291:
2189:
3238:
3233:
3224:
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
566:
UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
2459:
2066:
1544:
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
693:
The following chart shows Liberia's ratings since 1972 in the
2111:
2109:
650:
constituents with their engagement with local authorities".
3202:
428:, was named one of the three female co-winners of the 2011
2106:
2277:
2275:
553:
Sexual harassment is not illegal, and is also common.
1791:
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
2272:
1894:
1563:
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
3255:
3121:Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2011
4227:
2059:"Action for Community and Human Development Inc"
633:
2419:
2417:
2368:"Protecting children`s rights in rural schools"
1923:Internet censorship and surveillance in Liberia
3161:
2424:Ford, Tamasin; Allen, Bonnie (19 March 2012).
671:
3817:
3276:
2505:
658:
402:
3243:International Freedom of Expression Exchange
2414:
2511:"Country ratings and status, FIW 1973-2012"
3831:
3824:
3810:
3283:
3269:
3083:
3054:
3025:
2996:
2967:
2938:
2909:
2880:
2851:
2822:
2793:
2764:
2735:
2706:
2677:
2648:
2619:
2590:
2561:
2532:
701:. A rating of 1 is "free"; 7, "not free".
409:
395:
3249:
2423:
1996:
1994:
1462:
653:
596:
2000:
688:
4228:
3077:
2990:
2932:
2903:
2499:
1991:
458:
3805:
3264:
3048:
3019:
2961:
2874:
2845:
2816:
2787:
1677:Convention on the Rights of the Child
3290:
2758:
2729:
2700:
2671:
2642:
2613:
2584:
2555:
2526:
575:
2253:"2010 Human Rights Report: Liberia"
2228:"2010 Human Rights Report: Liberia"
1469:international human rights treaties
13:
2001:Allison, Simon (10 October 2012).
605:
14:
4247:
3317:Americo-Liberian rule (1847–1980)
3125:United States Department of State
3109:
521:
4132:Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
3902:Democratic Republic of the Congo
3152:Freedom in the World 2011 Report
2456:National Endowment For Democracy
2176:Coalition for Justice in Liberia
2063:National Endowment for Democracy
2033:The Norwegian Council for Africa
1897:
369:
30:
3256:Regional Watch for Human Rights
2474:
2444:
2390:
2372:The Norwegian Human Rights Fund
2360:
2342:The Norwegian Human Rights Fund
2330:
2302:
2245:
697:reports, published annually by
559:but many men have several wives
483:
2338:"Children's rights in Liberia"
2164:
2139:
2081:
2051:
2021:
1966:
1951:
1943:
1935:
614:
252:Congress for Democratic Change
1:
1960:
1482:
712:
634:Trade union and labour rights
503:
257:Alternative National Congress
3357:Second Civil War (1999–2003)
2117:"World Report 2011: Liberia"
1918:Human trafficking in Liberia
1864:
1845:
1826:
1807:
1788:
1769:
1750:
1731:
1712:
1693:
1674:
1655:
1636:
1617:
1598:
1579:
1560:
1541:
1522:
1501:
1438:
1421:
1404:
1387:
1368:
1349:
1330:
1309:
1292:
1275:
1258:
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3833:Human rights in Africa
1974:"Ellen Johnson Sirleaf"
1477:International treaties
752:William R. Tolbert, Jr.
422:Human rights in Liberia
3250:National organizations
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2258:US Department of State
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2089:"Liberia Human Rights"
1463:International treaties
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1913:Disability in Liberia
1467:Liberia's stances on
1383:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
619:Further information:
537:is not criminalized.
526:Further information:
510:Corruption in Liberia
508:Further information:
426:Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
125:President Pro Tempore
3399:Environmental issues
2602:on 17 September 2012
2482:"Annual Report 2012"
695:Freedom in the World
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2631:on 1 September 2010
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707:Historical ratings
459:Civil War aftermath
23:Politics of Liberia
3212:2013-06-02 at the
3194:Human Rights Watch
3130:2012 Annual Report
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