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ADNews-Monrovia: Consistent with its mandate to review all laws of Liberia taking into account, international best practices, the Law Reform Commission (LRC) will on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 hold a one-day anti-corruption stakeholders’ review and the Code of Conduct for public officials and employees of the government of Liberia, beginning at 8 am at the European Union Embassy in Mamba Point, Monrovia, Liberia.
A press release issued by the Law Reform Commission (LRC) on Monrovia, April 14, 2025, in Monrovia says the review might implicate the amendment or repeal of several sections of the Penal law, Criminal Procedure law, and Civil Procedure law, among others.
Several anti-corruption stakeholders, including the Office of the Ombudsman, the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission (LACC), the General Auditing Commission (GAC), Center for Transparency and Accountability Liberia (CENTAL), the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Asset Recovery Task Force, Office for the Establishment of the War and Economic Crimes Court, Legal Advisor to the President of the Republic of Liberia and development partners to include the European Union (EU), the Swedish Embassy, UNDP, Government of Liberia’s Ministries and Agencies responsible for corruption issues, and civil society organizations, including the Press Union of Liberia (PUL), among others will partake in the anti-corruption laws review and Code of Conduct for public officials and employees of the government on Tuesday, April 15, 2025.
The LRC and the stakeholders will discuss anti-corruption laws and the Code of Conduct for public officials and employees of the government with the objective of identifying the laws that should be amended.
The Law Reform Commission (LRC) was established by an Act of the Legislature of Liberia in 2011. It was organized to keep the laws of Liberia and ensure systematic development and reform, including the unification and codification of the laws.
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