Monrovia - The Independent National Commission on Human Rights (INCHR) in collaboration with the Government of Liberia has concluded a two-day dialogue on the national human rights action plan. The National Human Rights Action Plan (NHRAP) explains how the government of Liberia intends to promote, expand and protect the rights of its citizens and residents alike until 2018 and onward. The NHRAP focuses on civil and political rights, social, economic, and cultural rights, women’s rights, child rights and the rights of persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups. Speaking earlier, the Director of the Human Rights Section of the Ministry of Justice, Kutaka Devine Togba disclosed that the government embraces the National Human Right Action Plan. “The Government of Liberia embraces the National Human Rights Action Plan, while recognizing all human rights contained in the international declarations and treaties, the constitution and domestic legislations,” Togba said.

Source: Front Page Africa February 10, 2017 03:22 UTC