N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- ESC rights - general
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Speed up its constitutional reforms to abolish the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider the repeal of the law that allows for the death penalty and introduce a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to total abolishment in line with Liberia's obligations under the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Formally establish a moratorium on the application of the death penalty as a step towards full abolition of it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Undertake a comprehensive review of pertinent domestic legislation to ensure full conformity with the Convention on the Rights of the Child
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Put in place measures that ensure and protect the family as a natural nucleus of society and provide a family-friendly environment for the children in Liberia
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Provide the Independent National Commission on Human Rights with adequate resources to assist it in discharging its core mandate
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Strengthen its cooperation with the special procedures mandate holders of the Human Rights Council
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Condemn discrimination, particularly that based on sexual orientation and identity
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Issue standing invitations to all special procedures
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Special procedures
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify efforts to ensure gender equality and eliminate gender- based violence
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue to make traditional communities aware of the consequences in terms of human rights abuses of harmful traditional practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue combating female genital mutilation
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue its cooperation with the High Commissioner in order to benefit from technical assistance necessary to help create a solid legal framework, strengthen national structures for human rights, and ensure the efficient administration of justice in the fight against impunity, abuses and all other attacks on human rights
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Impunity
- Justice
- Technical assistance and cooperation
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue efforts in establishing stability in the country and in this regard to resume building state institutions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Other
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Make every effort to seek peace with all actors concerned in order to be able to re-begin the construction of the country both politically, socially and economically
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Create a national human rights institution in conformity with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Take effective steps to establish a national human rights institution in line with the Paris Principles
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- National Human Rights Institution
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Establish a moratorium on the use of the death penalty with a view to abolishing it
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Death penalty
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Fight more vigorously human trafficking in the Mediterranean
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Trafficking
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Close the illegal places of detention, which are the source of grave human rights violations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Adopt measures to fight against the use of violence as a weapon of war
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International humanitarian law
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure the security of migrants in conformity with international conventions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Ensure adequate human rights protection for the migrant populations residing or transiting through its borders
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Migrants
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Increase women's representation in decision-making positions
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Women's rights
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Combat further terrorist groups which are destabilizing the country and are using it as logistical base for organizing many forms of trafficking and terrorist acts
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Continue the process of ratification of international instruments, particularly those related to human rights, to which the country is not yet party
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Consider ratifying the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance and the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Enforced disappearances
- International instruments
- Justice
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Seek to amend the Penal Code to criminalize all forms of sexual abuse of children, regardless of the sex of the child, bring perpetrators to justice and rehabilitate and compensate the victims
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
N/A
- Cycle
- Cycle 2 (2012 - 2016)
- Session
- 22 - May 2015
- State under Review
- State under Review - Regional Group
- Africa (African Group)
- Recommendation
Intensify its efforts in fighting terrorism, and identify gaps in promotion and protection of human rights implementation and seek assistance from the international community
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Public security
- Technical assistance and cooperation