March 2016

Introducing Ms. Jane Adongo Anywar as a Commissioner, ULRC

Submitted by Ulrc_SuperAdmin on Mon, 03/07/2016 - 12:56

Ms. Jane Adong Anywar was appointed Commissioner of the Uganda Law Reform Commission in February 2016. She replaces the former Commissioner Mrs. Vastina Rukimirana Nsanze who was appointed as the Chairperson of the Commission.

Ms. Jane Adong Anywar has a legal background in Environmental Law, Land Law, Family Law and International Humanitarian Law. Read more

Witness Protection Advocacy Workshop

Witness Protection Advocacy Workshop will take place on 31st March, 2016.

EAC Session of Attorney Generals

The Chairperson of ULRC,will represent the commission in the East African Community session of Attortney Generals due to take place in Kigali, Rwanda. The session will run from 11th March , 2016 to 13th March, 2016.

Profile of the Commission

The Uganda Law Reform Commission is established under Article 248(1) of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda. Its primary mandate is to study and keep under constant review the Acts and all other

Development of a law on Financial Leasing

During the year 2011, the Commission commenced a study to develop a legislative framework to govern financial leasing transactions

Reform and review of the Civil Procedure related laws

The Commission continued with the review of laws in the Civil Procedure area to address the challenges that have for a long time faced the procedural processes and delayed access to justice.

Revision of Principal Laws in 6th revised edition and laws enacted between 2001 and 2012.

The exercise of producing the 7th Revised Edition was embarked on as a major exercise of the Commission in 2011 with the constitution of a Task Force on major revision.

Advocacy for Law Reform

(a) Dissemination of laws

The following Acts of Parliament were disseminated to create awareness through public seminars in selected towns in Uganda:

Publications

The Commission in conjunction with the JLOS secretariat under the Criminal Justice Reform program (SIPI) undertook a study on reform of the law on sentencing that made recommendations for the need of sentencing guidelines.

Revision of Laws

The Commission prepared the Index of Laws of Uganda. It contains the status of Principal and Subsidiary Laws of Uganda including information on laws that have been repealed, revoked or amended during a given period of time.

A member of the Justice Law and Order Sector

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