A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

identified by the Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission.
• In fulfillment of its duty to monitor the situation of returnees in their country of origin, 169
the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees should engage in monitoring of Liberia Refugee
Repatriation and Resettlement Commission activities with relation to returnees, focusing
specifically on ensuring non-discrimination and protection of vulnerable groups in the
repatriation and reintegration process.
• In recognition of the right of refugees to return to their country in safety and in dignity, the
U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, the Government of Liberia, and the international
community should support expansion of services for returning refugees to include mental
health screening, service-provider referral information, security information, employment
referral, etc.
• The Government of Liberia, Liberian civil society, and the international community should
promote establishment of a legal aid regime for returning refugees to adjudicate property
claims.
• The Government of Liberia, Liberian civil society, and the international community should
promote identification of international law and human rights violations against refugees in
their host country, either while in residence or during the process of resettlement, so as to
facilitate non-repetition in future sub-regional refugee crises and to effectively advance the
humane application of refugee policy in the West African sub-region.
• Because of the protracted nature of the Liberian conflict, many refugees have buried deceased
family members in their host countries. Host governments, the U.N. High Commissioner
for Refugees, and the Government of Liberia should engage in a consultation with refugee
families to ensure that repatriated refugees maintain access to the gravesites of family
members and that the graves remain protected and undisturbed.
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