Liberia

Background information about Liberia:

• BBC country profile: Liberia
• Governments on the WWW: Liberia
• politicalresources.net: Liberia
• allAfrica.com: Liberia
• OHCHR country page on Liberia
• UPR Documentation on Liberia

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Universal Periodic Review

Liberia was examined under the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review mechanism during the 9th session of the UPR Working Group on 1 - 12 November 2010.

• UPR Documentation on Liberia, including ouctome report

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Treaty Bodies

Forthcoming

Committee on the Rights of the Child

Liberia will be examined by the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child - at its 61st session, 17 September - 5 October 2012 in Geneva.

Recent

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

Liberia was examined by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) - which is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women - at its 44th session, 20 July-7 August 2009 in New York.

• Concluding Observations

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Special Procedures

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Other Information/Comments

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