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Liberia - Country Profiles

Constitution of Liberia.
Date of text: 1986

Policies

Liberia’s Revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Date of text: 01 July 2021
Liberia Economic Recovery Plan (LERP).
Date of text: 01 April 2021
National Adaptation Plan (NAP) 2020 - 2030.
Date of text: 2020
National Nutrition Policy of 2019.
Date of text: 01 April 2019
Liberia National Drough Plan.
Date of text: 01 March 2019

Legislation

Agricultural and rural development

Liberia Agriculture Commodity Regulatory Authority Act of 2014.
Date of text: 10 October 2014
Rural Development & Community Services, Creating Dept. of (Amending Title 12)
Date of text: 22 May 2008
Rubber Development Authority, Liberian (LRDA) Act.
Date of text: 26 August 2004
Agriculture Law (Title 3 of the Revised Liberian Code of Laws).
Date of text: 15 February 1973

Cultivated plants

Liberia Fertilizer Regulatory Division Act.
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Liberia Plant Pesticide Regulatory Services Bureau Act.
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Liberia Seed Development and Certification Agency Act
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Agriculture Law (Title 3 of the Revised Liberian Code of Laws).
Date of text: 15 February 1973

Disaster risk management

COVID-19 Health Emergency Declaration.
Date of text: 21 March 2020

Environment

Environment Protection and Management Law.
Date of text: 26 November 2002
Enabling Activities to Review and Update the national Implementation Plan the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic Pollutants (POPs) in the Republic of Liberia.
Date of original text: 01 November 2017 (01 July 2018)
Public Health Law Title 33 Liberian Code of Laws Revised.
Date of text: 01 December 2017
Environment Protection Agency Act of Liberia.
Date of text: 26 November 2002
Regulation on Environmental Impact Assessment (FDA Regulation 113-08).
Date of text: 01 December 2009

Fisheries

Fisheries and Aquaculture Management and Development Law of 2019.
Date of text: 26 November 2019
National Fisheries and Aquaculture Act.
Date of text: 29 August 2017
Regulations relating to fisheries, fishing and related activities, for the marine fisheries sector in the Republic of Liberia, 2010 (New Fisheries Regulations).
Date of text: 01 October 2010
Marine Notice: Requirements for Engaging in Transshipment Activities (FTP-001).
Date of text: 01 September 2015

Food and nutrition

Food Law of Liberia of 2017.
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Executive Order No. 118 of 2023 on adoption of Guidelines and Procedures for Management of Food Reserve in Liberia.
Date of text: 05 April 2023
Public Health Law Title 33 Liberian Code of Laws Revised.
Date of text: 01 December 2017
Administrative Regulation on Wheat Flour Fortification (Administrative Notice MCI/No.01 1/07/2017).
Date of text: 19 July 2017
Administrative Regulation on Packaged Drinking Water (Administrative Notice MCJ/No.007/07/2017).
Date of text: 19 July 2017

Forestry

National Forestry Reform Law of 2006.
Date of text: 19 September 2006
National Forestry Law.
Date of text: 06 April 2000
Supplementary Act for the Conservation of the Forests of the Republic of Liberia.
Date of text: 28 February 1957
Forests Act, 1953.
Date of text: 17 April 1953
An Act to abolish the payment of annual land rental bid premium on contract area and merging of export taxes into stumpage/production fee in the forestry sector of the Liberian economy.
Date of text: 2013

Gender

Equal Rights of the Customary Marriage Law of 1998.
Date of original text: 1998 (01 December 2003)

Land and soil

Land Rights Act.
Date of text: 19 September 2018
Liberia Land Rights Act Regulations, 2022.
Date of text: 2022
Land Authority Act of 2016.
Date of text: 05 October 2016
An Act Against Criminal Conveyance of Land (Cap. 95).
Date of text: 26 August 2014
Land Commission Act of 2008.
Date of text: 23 July 2009

Livestock

Food Law of Liberia of 2017.
Date of text: 17 September 2019
Public Health Law Title 33 Liberian Code of Laws Revised.
Date of text: 01 December 2017
Medicines & Health Products Regulatory Authority (LMHRA) Act.
Date of text: 29 September 2010
Agriculture Law (Title 3 of the Revised Liberian Code of Laws).
Date of text: 15 February 1973

Sea

August 2022 Amendment to Liberian Maritime Law.
Date of text: 22 July 2022
Maritime Authority Act.
Date of text: 06 September 2010
Marine Vessels, Registration and Control Act.
Date of text: 2009
Act to establish and delimit the territorial sea and contiguous zone of the Republic of Liberia of 1968.
Date of text: 04 June 1968
Maritime Law (2013 Revision).
Date of original text: 1956 (01 July 2018)

Social protection

Children's Law of 2011
Date of text: 01 September 2011

Water

Public Health Law Title 33 Liberian Code of Laws Revised.
Date of text: 01 December 2017
National Water, Sanitation & Hygiene Commission Act of 2012.
Date of text: 29 August 2017
Act to amend the Agricultural Law to provide for the prevention of water pollution and to protect the marine life within the rivers and streams of the Republic.
Date of text: 11 April 1973
Act to amend the Public Authorities Law to create the Liberia Water and Sewer Corporation.
Date of text: 30 January 1973
Guidelines for the Operation & Monitoring of Drinking Water Production (RI/C&E/001/02-17).
Date of text: 24 March 2017

Wild species and ecosystems

National Wildlife Law of 2012.
Date of text: 05 October 2016
Wildlife and National Parks Act.
Date of text: 21 July 1988
Sapo National Park Act.
Date of text: 10 October 2003
Regulation on revised administrative fees for wildlife conservation (FDA Regulation No. 25).
Date of text: 23 June 2000
Regulation on revised administrative fees as regards standardized monetary unit (FDA Regulation No. 21).
Date of text: 0000

Miscellaneous

Electricity Law of Liberia, 2015
Date of text: 23 October 2015
New Petroleum Law of Liberia.
Date of text: 07 June 2002
Minerals and Mining Law (Title 23).
Date of text: 03 April 2000
Executive Law-Title 12-Liberian Code of Laws
Date of text: 11 May 1972
Act to Establish the Liberia Anti-Corruption Commission
Date of text: 21 August 2018

International Agreements

AFRICAN UNION CONVENTION ON PREVENTING AND COMBATING CORRUPTION.
Date of text: 11 July 2003
African Convention on the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (Revised version).
Date of text: 11 July 2003
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Liberia.
Date of text: 09 December 2015

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