CorporateWatch Liberia records what concessions cost Liberia's people — and works for the Liberia where concessions are welcomed, thrive, and truly benefit the Liberian people. Both. At the same time. Without blinking.
Report Harm — Confidential Open the Database (Draft) Our Policy VisionLiberia's resources are a blessing, and investment is welcome here. A concession should leave a town richer than it found it: workers safe, water clean, wages honest, agreements kept, and a share of the wealth staying in Liberian hands. That is not anti-business. That is the only business worth having — and the only kind that lasts.
Every contract published. Every payment reconciled. Beneficial owners named. Liberia's LEITI process and the MCC Compact Two reforms point the way — we help push them from paper to practice.
A statutory registry of industrial accidents and harm. Rulings enforced, not just issued. Fines followed by remediation the public can verify. Oversight with community seats at the table.
Safe work, living wages, land respected, advocates protected. A worker who speaks should be heard — never hunted. Dignity is not a concession to be negotiated; it is the foundation.
The other half of our work does not go away: the documented record of harm, kept case by case, labelled honestly — documented, reported, alleged, unverified. Records from 2005–2013 are omitted until fully verified.
The counting of harm starts with ArcelorMittal. Ground zero. Our register covers every concession in Liberia — but the harm, abuse, and unethical practice documented in the ArcelorMittal concession are on a scale beyond every other file we hold. So the count begins there — and it does not stop until every case, in every concession, is answered for.
91 registered cases: deaths, injuries, pollution, labour violations, land taken, sexual violence (protected), retaliation, unpaid wages and benefits. Public draft — still growing with every verified report.
Every unanswered case gets a clock: a public count of the days a ministry, a court, or a company has left a question standing. Clocks stop only when answers come.
Hurt by ANY concession company — mining, rubber, palm oil, forestry? Tell us in confidence. Anonymous if you wish. Your name and photo are never published without your separate permission.
Liberia's institutions have answered before — workers have won rulings, the EPA has fined and stopped polluters, communities have organised lawfully and been heard. Good stories are beginnings. We tell them, and we watch until they become endings.
1. Full disclosure of deaths · 2. Full disclosure of injuries · 3. Full environmental transparency · 4. Labour justice · 5. Compensation and remedy · 6. Independent oversight · 7. Public accountability.