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Establish a dedicated statelessness determination procedure

Strengthen efforts aimed at ensuring the rights of persons with disabilities

Consider paying necessary attention to promoting the enjoyment of human rights for persons with disabilities

Continue to support, through economic and social policies, the institution of traditional family and the preservation of family values, in follow- up to the recommendation contained in paragraph 100.58 of the report of the Working Group from the second cycle (A/HRC/30/4)

Enhance measures to eliminate the early and forced marriage of girls and ensure that effective legal measures are enforced in that regard

Take effective legal measures to prohibit and eliminate child and forced marriage

Set the minimum age of marriage at 18, regardless of gender, with a view to outlawing child marriage

Take effective legal measures to prohibit and eliminate child and forced marriage

Take further measures to prevent child labour and child exploitation

Effectively implement the national action plan to combat child labour and enforce the provisions on forced labour in the Penal Code and the provisions on mandatory primary education in the Children’s Law

Thoroughly investigate and enforce existing regulations on incidents of forced child labour and increase criminal penalties to better deter the recruitment, employment or facilitation of such labour

Take effective measures to prohibit and eliminate child and/or forced marriage as well as all forms of child labour exploitation

Implement and enforce legislation prohibiting child labour and pursue strengthened coordination among institutions in addressing issues related to children

End the practice of child labour and discrimination against Ebola survivors

Take measures to eliminate all forms of child labour and to ensure that all children, including girls and children with disabilities, have access to education

Carry on with the efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labour

Ensure access to free birth registration throughout the country and strengthen access in rural areas, including by using mobile registration units

Ensure free birth registration for all children born in the country

Ensure the timely implementation of the four-year national action plan for child welfare and protection for Liberia and allocate sufficient resources to the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to implement the plan

Take further measures to incorporate women’s and children’s rights into national programmes

Increase the proportion of female officials in governmental positions

Continue working on the implementation of measures that combat the underrepresentation of woman and girls in the education sector and prevent gender-based violence against them in school

Encourage the participation of women in political and public life

Introduce measures that encourage the enrolment and retention of girls in school, in particular by ensuring a safe environment free from all violence

Promote the participation of girls in all levels of education, especially in rural areas, including by ensuring that schools are a safe space for girls

Ensure that Liberian women who give birth to their children outside the country can transmit their nationality to their children on an equal basis with Liberian men whose children are born outside the country

Amend the customary and statutory laws in order to eliminate all forms of discrimination against women and girls

Adopt a robust strategy to promote the participation of women in public affairs and increase the presence of women in decision-making positions

Consider amending the national law to ensure that both men and women can confer their nationality to their children

Intensify efforts to promote the political participation of women by taking all necessary measures to ensure the adoption of the bill on affirmative action measures for women;