Even though capital punishment and life imprisonment of children under the age of 18 years, corporeal punishment, torture and abuse is prohibited, the Penal Code, which contains provisions for death penalty and life imprisonment of children, has still not yet been repealed. The State Party should repeal the provision of the Penal Code that impose life imprisonment and death penalty for juveniles. Children in pre-trial detention at the Monrovia Central prison are kept in the same environment where adults are also held. Hence, the Committee urges the State Party to create separate detention facility for children and ensure that detention is used as a measure of last resort. In addition, the State party should take all the necessary efforts to strengthen the Child Welfare Committee and its partnership with the Police so that both can be working together to address juvenile cases from community perspective rather than institutional perspective; and develop legal aid policy that would guarantee the rights of juveniles to free legal representation. On children of imprisoned mothers Article xxii section 6.1 of the Children’s Law prohibits the imprisonment of expectant mother or a mother of a child below the age of 5 years and further provides that expectant convicted mothers shall be placed in a separate facility where she can continue to attend to her child with convenience. However, the Committee shows concern that there is a difficulty in translating the law into practice. Therefore, the Committee calls the State Party to place appropriate mechanisms at the police, prison or outside to be in readiness to effectively implement the Law for the best interest of the child. On economic exploitation including child labour According to the Rapid Assessment survey on Situation of Child Labour in Rubber Plantations in Liberia conducted by ANPPCAN, over 70% persons living in rubber plantations were children with 52% being males and 18% being females. The ages of working children range from 5-17 with more boys of age group 10-14 engaged in child labour. The UNCRC Committee also in its recent concluding observation perceived that companies and businesses accept children to help their parents meet their contract production quotas under hazardous conditions. The Committee calls on the State Party to take measures against companies that recruit children under the working age; intensify public awareness on the dangers of child labour; undertake comprehensive 13