US – President terminates national emergency with respect to actions and policies of former Liberian President

On November 16, 2015, the Federal Register published Executive Order 13710 of November 12, 2015 – Termination of Emergency With Respect to the Actions and Policies of Former Liberian President Charles Taylor terminating the national emergency first declared in Executive Order 13348 of July 22, 2004, with respect to the actions and policies of former Liberian President Charles Taylor and other persons, in particular their unlawful depletion of Liberian resources and their removal from Liberia and secreting of Liberian funds and property. The President found that the situation in Liberia has been significantly altered by Liberia’s significant advances to promote democracy and the orderly development of its political, administrative, and economic institutions, including presidential elections in 2005 and 2011, which were internationally recognized as freely held; the 2012 conviction of, and 50-year prison sentence for, former Liberian President Charles Taylor and the affirmation on appeal of that conviction and sentence; and the diminished ability of those connected to former Liberian President Charles Taylor to undermine Liberia’s progress. 

The termination of the emergency does not affect any action taken or proceeding pending not finally concluded or determined as of the effective date of the termination order, any action or proceeding based on any act committed prior to the effective date, or any rights or duties that matured or penalties that were incurred prior to the effective date of this order.