The government of Liberia and the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) have completed the joint validation of the country’s third cycle human rights report. UPR is a unique mechanism of the Human Rights Council aimed at improving the human rights situation on the ground of each of the 193 United Nations (UN) the Member States. Under this mechanism, the human rights situation of all UN Member States is reviewed every 5 years. Stakeholders consultations create awareness of the state human rights obligations among government human rights unit and advocate,” Mr Oyegbulah said. In brief remarks, Kutaka Togbah, the Director for Human Rights Protection at the Ministry of Justice described the event as one of the important components of Liberia’s human rights treaties reporting obligations.

Source: Daily Observer February 25, 2020 02:29 UTC