According to UNICEF, 9% of girls were married by 15 and 36% before the age of 18 in 2016 in Liberia. In December 2016, Liberia launched the African Union campaign to end child marriage in Africa.
Most of the child victims trafficked in Liberia are exploited in domestic servitude, forced begging, sex trafficking or forced labour within the country, usually from rural to urban areas.
Year: 2025
Year: 2022
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Age of sexual consent is 18 years. The national legislation does not provide for a close-in-age exception.
Analysis of country legislation on age of sexual consent, 2024
Partial
Extraterritoriality is provided for crimes committed partly within Liberia and when the offence involves entry of a person or property into Liberia. It is therefore unclear whether active extraterritoriality is provided for SEC related crimes. Passive extraterritoriality is not provided for. Double criminality does not apply in any of the above-mentioned cases.
Extradition applies to crimes include in each bilateral treaty ratified by Liberia. It is unclear whether double criminality is required for extradition.
SECTT Legal Checklist Liberia, 2020
Not Yet Assessed
No
There are no mandatory legal provisions for criminal background checks nor legislation prohibiting convicted sex offenders to hold positions involving or facilitating contact with children.
SECTT Legal Checklist Liberia, 2020
No
Liberia has ratified the CRC, the Trafficking Protocol and the ILO Convention No. 182.
Liberia has also ratified the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
Liberia has not ratified the OPSC, the OPIC, the UNWTO Framework Convention on Tourism Ethics nor AU Convention on Cyber Security and the Council of Europe’s Lanzarote and Budapest Conventions.
SECTT Legal Checklist Liberia, 2020
Not Yet Assessed
Not Yet Assessed
No
There are no child protection standards for the travel and tourism industry in place.
SECTT Legal Checklist Liberia, 2020
Not Yet Assessed
