Customary land rights in Liberia: A legal review series
These briefings provide analysis and guidance for actors working at the interface of land-based investment and community rights in the new context of the 2018 Land Rights Act (LRA) in Liberia.
The LRA has clarified communities’ rights in respect of lands over which they have long-standing ties of possession, use and/or occupation (customary or customarily owned lands), including the right to give or withhold their free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) to the Liberian Government or any third-party use of any portion of such customary lands.
The overriding hoped-for benefit of the LRA is to give a framework by which legal certainty can be achieved in respect of land tenure in Liberia, thereby protecting the rights of land-owners (community, private and government), minimizing the scope for land conflict, and embedding the just and clear tenurial foundations needed on which to make sustainable progress on Liberia’s development, human rights and environmental public policy objectives.
Overview
- Resource Type:
- Briefing Papers
- Publication date:
- 27 junho 2025
- Region:
- Liberia
- Programmes:
- Legal Empowerment
