(arts. 2, 6, 7 and 14) for the 123rd Session of the Human Rights Committee, 2 July – 27 July 2018 Liberia: 76 Groups Seek Justice for War Crimes Submission to UN Human Rights Committee Focuses on...
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Liberia needs both African and international partners to build lasting peace
Donors, regional bodies and governments are meeting in Monrovia to map out distinct roles for effective peacebuilding. Joint press release by the Liberia Peacebuilding Office, the African Union and...
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Liberia and Sierra Leone can achieve real women's empowerment
New governments in both countries could reverse their poor track by learning from local projects Neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone are undergoing post-conflict transitions. And in both countries,...
Now the hard work begins: passing the peace baton in Liberia
The end of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping does not mean the end of a peacebuilding process. By this time next year, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) will have withdrawn its...
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Think Again: Why did Liberia beat Ebola before Guinea or Sierra Leone?
On 9 May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) made a remarkable announcement. After 14 months and 4 573 deaths, Liberia was formally declared to be free from Ebola. The announcement came after...
Situation Report: Liberia - The 2011 elections and building peace in the fragile state
Date issued: 5 October 2010 Author: Lansana Gberie Distribution: General Contact: lgberie@issafrica.org Liberia holds its second post-war presidential and legislative elections in October 2011. The...
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Peace and Security Council Report No. 15, October 2010
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE Early Warning Issues for October Country Analysis: Liberia PSC Retrospective - PSC's cooperation with the ICRC Regional Analysis: Maghreb PSC Retrospective: AU Solemn...
Liberia's UN-led Transition Not Over Yet
Lansana Gberie, senior researcher, Africa Conflict Prevention Programme, ISS Addis Ababa In May this year Margaret Loj, the UN Secretary General's Special Representative to Liberia heralded the...
Liberia - Reintegrating and promoting women's rights after years of war
There is no doubt that a great deal needs to be done to bring Liberia's development indicators in line with other countries of the region. Yet one should be cognisant of the fact that there are some...
A tortuous road to peace: The dynamics of regional, UN and international humanitarian interventions in Liberia
Introduction Festus B Aboagye and Alhaji M S Bah, PhD (1) Introduction In Africa, as in most parts of the world, the end of the Cold War was greeted with a great deal of optimism that the resulting...
Liberia at a Crossroads: A preliminary look at the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) and the protection of civilians
Festus B. Aboagye and Alhaji M. S. Bah ISS Paper 95 - November 2004 "As human beings, we cannot be neutral, or at least have no right to be, when other human beings are suffering. Each of us ... must...
Liberating Liberia: Charles Taylor and the rebels who unseated him
Nicole Itano ISS Paper 82 - November 2003 INTRODUCTION The resignation and departure of Charles Taylor on Monday 11 August 2003 came suddenly and unexpectedly to the outside world, which had long...