Liberia: Government, Development Partners Petitioned to Support Customary Land Formalization Process
Liberia: Government, Development Partners Petitioned to Support Customary Land Formalization Process
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In the petition read by Mrs. Loretha Pope Kai, the Chairperson of the National Civil Society Council of Liberia, the citizens called on the government to prioritize and increase budgetary support and another financial resource to ensure the LLA is fully established and functional in the counties.
Monrovia – A group of Liberians comprising local officials, local and national civil society organizations have called on the Government of Liberia and international development partners for more support towards the full implementation of the Land Rights Act (LRA) of 2018, especially the customary land formalization efforts.
UNDP Sponsored Her Voice Liberia Project to provide Training for Traditional Leaders in Understanding Statutory Laws
UNDP Sponsored Her Voice Liberia Project to provide Training for Traditional Leaders in Understanding Statutory Laws
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Gbarnga, Bong County – Liberian laws are written in English and traditional leaders and other local authorities find it difficult to fully understand these laws which has made the customary laws dominant in the rural parts of the country.
A project under the title “strengthening the capacity and Resilience of traditional leaders on Statutory system, human rights and COVID-19 in Bong County”, which was launched on January 22, 2021 in Gbarnga, Bong County is looking to explain and simplify key human rights and other statutory laws to traditional leaders and locals in three districts in Bong County-Jorquelleh Districts #1 and 2 and Suakoko.