A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

liBeria’S international legal oBligationS
The Advocates based its recommendations on an international human rights and humanitarian law
framework. Liberia has ratified many important human rights treaties. These include the:
• International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),
• International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR),
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW),
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC),
• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment (CAT),
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD),
• International Labour Organisation Convention (No. 182) Concerning the Prohibition and
Immediate Action for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labor,
• Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees,
• African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,
• African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child,
• Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Women in
Africa, and
• African Union Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa.
Likewise, Liberia has ratified important humanitarian law instruments, including the Geneva
Conventions, Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of August 12, 1949, and Relating to
the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts (Protocol II), the Rome Statute
of the International Criminal Court, and the Agreement on the Privileges and Immunities of the
International Criminal Court. Other relevant ratifications include the U.N. Convention against
Corruption, African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption, Convention for
the Elimination of Mercenarism in Africa, International Convention against the Recruitment, Use,
Financing and Training of Mercenaries, U.N. Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children,
and Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms. A more comprehensive
list of Liberia’s ratification status is available in Appendix B.
The Government of Liberia should take all appropriate legislative and other measures to ensure that
the provisions of these treaties are fully reflected in domestic law and practice. The government
should pay particular attention to reviewing the current status of its laws to ensure compliance with
these treaties.
Periodic reports describing Liberia’s treaty compliance were due on the dates indicated to the treaty
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