vi. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR aiming for the abolition of the death penalty (ICCPR-OP2-DP) in 2004 and 2005 respectively; vii. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 1984; viii. The International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination in 1976; ix. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in 2004; x. The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) in 1993; and xi. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2012. 9. The Commission also welcomes with appreciation: i. The launching of the Special Girls' Education Initiative, an all girls' night school program for pregnant students and teenage mothers; ii. The Professional Magistrates Training Programme which trained and deployed magistrates across the country; iii. The Economic Empowerment of Adolescent Girls Project and the Rural Women's Empowerment Project; and iv. The Child Protection Network to discuss issues and design a common approach to prevent child abuse. III. Factors Restricting the Implementation of the African Charter 10. The Commission acknowledges that years of civil war have had massive implications on the human and material capacity of the country. The infrastructure has been substantially destroyed, and the arms of government have become weak and ill-equipped. Further, principal sectors of the country, such as the healthcare and education system are unable to meet the needs of the country. The Report states that 70% of schools were destroyed during the civil war. 11. Despite the abundance of natural resources, poverty is widespread, and there is limited access to electricity and clean water. The conflict has also resulted in mass migration from rural to urban areas, fuelling unemployment and access to decent living. 12. The capacity of the healthcare system has been stretched by the recent Ebola outbreak, which has affected a large number of the population, and killed over a thousand people. IV. Principal Matters of Concern Implementation of the African Charter 13. The Commission notes with concern the absence of information in the Report on the domestic application of the African Charter in courts, more so, because Liberia has a dualist legal system. Furthermore, the 3