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Legal compliance is the process or procedure to ensure that an organization follows relevant laws, regulations and business rules. [5] The definition of legal compliance, especially in the context of corporate legal departments, has recently been expanded to include understanding and adhering to ethical codes within entire professions, as well.
The Office of the Attorney General was established in 1948 under the 1947 Constitution of Myanmar and 1948 Attorney General of the Union Act. [1] From 1974 through 1988, the post was called the Chairman of the Council of People's Attorney. [4] The present law, the 2010 Attorney General of the Union Law was promulgated on 28 October 2010. [1]
The Independent Lawyers' Association of Myanmar (ILAM; Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံလွတ်လပ်သောရှေ့နေများအသင်း), founded 19 January 2016, [1] is a voluntary bar association of lawyers in Myanmar (Burma), and is the first national, independent professional organisation of lawyers in Myanmar. [2]
On 31 January 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury added Attorney General, Dr Thida Oo, added to its Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list. [5] The UK and Canada joined the U.S in the sanctions against Oo, in a "coordinated action against Myanmar military regime, targeting individuals responsible for undermining democracy and rule of law".
Lawyers representing critics of Myanmar’s military government face harassment and attacks ranging from threats and arrests to unfair trials and even torture, a human rights organization charged ...
Ministry of Legal Affairs (Burmese: ဥပဒေရေးရာဝန်ကြီးဌာန) serves as the Government of Myanmar's main legal advisory body. The ...
Until 2006, the Supreme Court of Myanmar was located at No. 89/133 Pansodan Street, between Maha Bandula Garden Street and Pansodan Street in Kyauktada Township, downtown Yangon. The building complex was designed by architect James Ransome, construction of the court began in 1905 and was completed in 1911.
The commission was formed on 25 February 2014. [2] Initially, most of the appointed members were former high-ranking military personnel. [3] On 23 November 2017, in accordance with the Section 7 of the Anti-corruption Law, the commission was reformed with 12 commission members by President Htin Kyaw.