Liberia

Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL)

Being the forerunner of prisoners’ rights and anti-torture and death penalty
in Liberia, we have the vision that the Liberian society will adheres to:

1. The tenets of human rights, rule of law and democracy for
all people;
2. Active citizens’ participation in national and local
governance; and
3. Rehabilitation of survivals of torture, violence and drugs.

The Rescue Alternatives Liberia (RAL) serves the Liberian society by
providing alternatives to enhancing Human Rights, Rule of Law, Peace and
Democracy Building, and victims’ recovery.

RAL engages in:
Prison monitoring, violations decumenting and reporting; Advocacy on the abolition of torture and death penalty; rehabilitating victims of torture, human rights issues events in schools and forums, etc…

Date founded

1994             

Structure type

NGO             

Contact informations

2nd Floor, B. J. K Anderson Building Carey & Lynch
Monrovia
Phone +231-652-4956

Resources

Document(s)

Amicus Curiae brief in support of the Pan African Lawyers Union’s request for an Advisory Opinion on the Compatibility of the Death Penalty with the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights

By The Advocates for Human Rights, on 10 April 2025


2025

NGO report

Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment

Drug Offenses

Fair Trial

Gender

Legal Representation

Moratorium

Murder Victims' Families

Terrorism

Trend Towards Abolition

Women


More details See the document

In this submission in support of the Pan African Lawyers Union, the amici explain that the death penalty per se is an arbitrary deprivation of life, in violation of Article 4 of the African Charter, because the weight of the evidence shows that the death penalty is not necessary to achieve the stated purpose of reducing crime and as a penalty implicating human rights under the Charter it is disproportionate to the benefits it seeks to capture.

  • Document type NGO report
  • Themes list Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment and Punishment / Drug Offenses / Fair Trial / Gender / Legal Representation / Moratorium / Murder Victims' Families / Terrorism / Trend Towards Abolition / Women

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