Commitment
Establish a unified internal prosecutorial guidelines and code of ethics for prosecutors
Source
SAP
Reference
NSAP 2019-2023: Good Governance, Section 5.1: Rule of Law and Judicial Reform Policy 4: Promote Access to Justice and Expedite Delivery of Justice, Subsection 4.2(b)
Date Updated
Apr 30, 2023
0
Partially Realized
Mechanism for Realization
Unified internal Prosecutorial Guidelines were established under Regulation No. 2017/R-76, however, there is no unified code of ethics for prosecutors (established by the Prosecutor General’s Office [PGO]), but some ethical principles are included in internal policies that may not be publicly available. Since the introduction of the Legal Profession Act (LPA) 2019, the Bar Council of the Maldives (BCM) has introduced the Rules of professional conduct for all licensed lawyers in the Maldives in 2021. However, the Second Amendment to the LPA 2019 (August 2022) has now removed attorneys [lawyers working at the Attorney General’s Office (AGO)] and prosecutors [lawyers working at the Prosecutor General’s Office (PGO)] from the scope of the Bar Council’s Rules on Professional Conduct for Lawyers. Thus, a complete professional standard and code of ethics for prosecutors is yet to be established by the PGO.
Budget
State Budget (salaried staff to implement actions)
50%
Realization
Political Process Monitoring Report on Access to Justice after NSAP 2019-2023 Reforms (ERI, April 2023)

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