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Comment by UN Human Rights Office Spokesperson Seif Magango ahead of elections in Liberia

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04 Oct 2023

We are concerned by reported instances of election-related violence, use of language that could amount to hate speech, and attacks on journalists in Liberia ahead of the general election on 10 October...

Human Rights 75: Activity updates from the ground

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Updates

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02 Aug 2023

Francisco Vera at UN Human Rights HQ During his visit to Geneva in July, 13-year-old Colombian activist Francisco Vera presented the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, with a manifesto...

Human Rights 75: activities update – 24 May 2023

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Updates

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24 May 2023

2023 marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Its 30 articles affect everyone’s lives – from the need to close the gender pay gap to ensuring everyone has access to...

A/HRC/53/24/Add.1: Visit to Liberia - Report of the Working Group on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises

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Country reports

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21 Apr 2023

Liberia: Put people before profit and ensure responsible business environment, UN experts urge

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11 Nov 2022

MONROVIA/GENEVA (11 November 2022) – The Government of Liberia and businesses operating in the country must urgently implement measures to ensure the quest for economic development does not continue...

UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights to make first visit to Liberia

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Media advisories

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28 Oct 2022

GENEVA (28 October 2022) – The United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights will make its first official visit to the Republic of Liberia from 31 October to 11 November 2022 to assess...

Following a moratorium on FGM in Liberia, victims are still seeking justice

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Stories

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09 Jun 2022

Portrait of Deborah Parker, November 2021 ©OHCHR Liberia

A Liberian mother’s fight for justice after her daughter forcibly underwent female genital mutilation (FGM) is credited with the country’s recent three-year ban on the practice

Liberia: UN expert calls for probe into suspected ritualistic killings

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10 Dec 2021

GENEVA (10 December 2021) - A UN human rights expert today called on the Liberian Government to promptly investigate a series of killings that have occurred this year, some of which have reportedly...

Liberian mother calls for end to forced initiations and secret harmful practices

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Stories

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26 Nov 2021

Deborah Parker was vocal in her efforts to have her kidnapped daughter returned. © Maken Tzeggai/OHCHR Liberia

When Deborah Parker’s 15-year-old daughter was taken by force from her home in Liberia and forced to join a secret society, whose initiation included female genital mutilation (FGM), she publicly called for her return, upending generations of secrecy.

Human Rights Council Adopts Universal Periodic Review Outcomes of Liberia and Jamaica, Starts General Debate on Human Rights Bodies and Mechanisms

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17 Mar 2021

Special Procedures Are Ready to Contribute to Make the Call to Action for Human Rights a Reality, Chairperson of Coordination Committee of Special Procedures Tells Human Rights Council 17 March 2021...