Even prior to formal publication the model codes were used by those engaged in law reform in post-conflict states. To date, the model codes have been used in the context of criminal law reform efforts in Liberia, Kosovo, Haiti, and Sudan. They have also been used in Burma/Thai refugee camps as camp officials and international assistance providers work to create a criminal framework to regulate the conduct of those living in the camps. In Afghanistan, USIP worked with Afghan and international members of the country’s Criminal Law Committee to review drafts of its new criminal procedure law. Click here for photos.

Outside of the conflict-context, the model codes have been used as a resource by the Law Reform Commission in Romania and by civil society in Tajikistan, as they lobby the government for reform of certain criminal laws.

For more information on how the Model Codes aided the Haitian government as part of its law reform efforts, please click here.