A House with Two Rooms - The Advocates for Human Rights

• The Government of Liberia should undertake a national consultative process on diaspora
involvement in the future of Liberia with the goal of developing a national policy and
structure, such as an office of diaspora affairs, for consulting, mobilizing, and partnering
with the Liberian diaspora.
• The Government of Liberia should undertake a comprehensive review of Liberia’s citizenship
regime, in consideration of international human rights standards and a specific focus on the
availability of dual citizenship. (See also Recommendations on Non-discrimination)
• The Government of Liberia, the TRC, and the Independent National Human Rights
Commission should maintain ongoing consultation with and integration of the Liberian
diaspora in transitional justice mechanisms in Liberia, including a review of the TRC’s
diaspora integration strategy to determine lessons learned and possibilities for application of
the model in other contexts.
Potential Implementation Strategy: Low-cost Money Transfers
Given the critical role that remittances play in the Liberian economy, the Government of Liberia may
wish to work with international partners to facilitate official low cost money transfer schemes to enable
the sending of remittances in the sub-region and internationally. One model is the system used by the
Banque de l’Habitat du Senegal to transfer remittances from France to Senegal. 479
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