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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);
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