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Human rights in Liberia became a focus of international attention when the country's president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, was named one of the three female co-winners of the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize, all of whom were cited "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work".
The executive power of the state is vested in the President of Liberia, who is entrusted to faithfully execute the laws of the country. Among the changes made to the presidency from the previous constitution include the introduction of term limits, prohibiting the President from serving more than two terms, and the reduction of presidential terms from eight years to six.
The Liberian TRC's mandate was to "promote national peace, security, unity and reconciliation" by investigating more than 20 years of civil conflict in the country and to report on gross human rights violations that occurred in Liberia between January 1979 and 14 October 2003.
I want them to know what happened on 18 July 2002. People need to know the truth because of the huge numbers of people who were killed at the Maher bridge. We are not talking about two or three people. People from the different parts of Liberia may not know about this but may have relatives who have died and they just don't know.
Liberia, [a] officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country on the West African coast. ... and social rights. [22] Formed in 1816, the American Colonization Society ...
A constitutional referendum was held in Liberia on 3 May 1955. [1] The changes to the constitution would grant women in the Provinces the right to vote (other women had been granted the right to vote in a 1946 referendum), [2] grant all women the right to be elected to Parliament, and remove the section detailing that the Chief Justice would oversee any impeachment of the President or Vice ...
The Liberian Aliens and Nationality Law 1973 is in conflict with the 1986 Constitution. [11] For example, the constitution does not contain provisions for birth on Liberian soil and requires descent from a Liberian, but the nationality statute provides for children who are born in the territory whose parents do not have diplomatic immunity. [12]
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Convention Relating to International Exhibitions; Convention Relative to the Opening of Hostilities; Convention respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land; Convention respecting the Limitation of the Employment of Force for Recovery of Contract Debts; United Nations Convention Against ...