A/HRC/30/4 necessary support for it to continue its efforts. The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela made a recommendation. 95. Cabo Verde noted that, in Liberia, the weight of traditional practices was very heavy and represented a major constraint to the Government’s will and action. It called on the international community to assist Liberia in the promotion of human rights. Cabo Verde made recommendations. 96. The delegation of Liberia welcomed the recommendations made during the review. Liberia had taken firm measures to adhere to the principles enshrined in international human rights instruments. While some improvement had been made in the areas of policy formulation and programmes to improve the promotion and protection of human rights, the delegation recognized that some actions still needed to be taken to address the issues raised during the present session of the Working Group. Those issues included the high levels of sexual and gender-based violence, especially child rape, the need to build investigative capacity in the law enforcement services and the judiciary, the high levels of pretrial detention, the need to review domestic legislation to bring it into line with Liberia’s human rights obligations, and the need to address the backlog in treaty reporting. 97. The delegation stated that Liberia was committed to protecting the rights of Ebola survivors and orphans, and to improving the health-care system in the wake of the Ebola epidemic. 98. The delegation was pleased to inform States that human rights had been taken into consideration in the work of the Constitutional Review Committee, which was currently ongoing. As part of that process, issues of human rights had been addressed, including the right to equality and non-discrimination, the rights of women in marriage as well as special measures and provisions to guarantee their inheritance rights, protection of the rights of the child, protection against all forms of violence, the need for equal participation of men and women, and the need to use language that is inclusive of both genders. 99. In conclusion, the delegation expressed again Liberia’s commitment to meeting its international human rights obligations. Liberia looked forward to working with the Human Rights Council and other international bodies as it continued to move forward with its implementation of human rights measures. The recommendations made by the delegations would be given due consideration by the Government of Liberia, including by the representatives who were not able to be present for the review, and would be incorporated into the National Human Rights Action Plan. II. Conclusions and recommendations 100. The following recommendations will be examined by Liberia, which will provide responses in due time but no later than the 30th session of the Human Rights Council in September 2015: 100.1 Become a party to the main human rights instruments (Chad); 100.2 Continue the ratification of international instruments to which the country is not yet a party, in particular those relating to human rights (Côte d’Ivoire); 100.3 Finalize the ratification process of relevant international conventions to which the country is not yet a party (Democratic Republic of the Congo);  12 The conclusions and recommendations have not been edited.

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