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 It contains the status of Principal and Subsidiary Laws of Uganda including information on laws that have been repealed, revoked or amended during a given period of time.