The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has commenced implementation on a project on road safety in Ghana. The project dubbed “Supporting Advocacy Interventions Towards The Passage Into Law Of The Reviewed Road Traffic Act And The Development Of Standards on Motorcycle Helmets” aims at supporting the Ministry of Transport (MoT), National Road Safety Authority (NRSA) to […]
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Martin Adjei Mensah Korsah, has officially withdrawn the controversial Legislative Instrument (L.I.) on behalf of the Minister for Transport. This L.I. sought to grant Members of Parliament (MPs), Judges, and Ministers the privilege to use sirens and exempt them from speed limits while performing their official duties. […]
On Friday, 24 May 2024, Henrietta Ekefre a Waging Justice for Women Fellow serving her fellowship with the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in collaboration with the Clooney Foundation for Justice(CFJ) and Legal Empowerment Fund (LEF) held a symposium titled ‘Legal empowerment talk and menstrual rights advocacy outreach’ (herein after referred to as the outreach) with […]
On 2nd and 3rd May 2024, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a human right non-governmental organization, organized a two-day co-creation workshop for Civil Society Organisations in Ho, Volta Region, working in the justice space to draft a justice commitment for Ghana. The justice commitments will be drafted based on two proposed areas being; passage into […]
Justice delivery in the north has been hindered by the lack of adequate lawyers in the Savannah, Northeast, and northern regions for legal aid services for the poor and vulnerable who are unable to hire the services of a private lawyer. This was revealed by the programmes officer at the Legal Resources Centre, Enoch Jengre, […]
Following the launch of the Ghana Energy Transition Framework in 2022, Ghana seeks to transition to clean energy which will trigger a major shift from the use of fossil fuel to the use of renewable and clean energy by 2070 The purpose of Ghana’s Energy Transition Framework is to decarbonize the energy sector, complement existing […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) held a five-day mobile clinic at the Madina market in Accra, on December 4th to 8th 2023. The clinic was conducted under a project entitled “Provision of legal aid and Paralegal Services,” supported by the German Development Corporation (GIZ). The purpose of the mobile clinic was to provide free legal […]
The Coalition Against the Death Penalty led by Amnesty International Ghana welcomes the news that the death penalty in Ghana has been abolished by the Parliament of Ghana through the amendment of the Criminal Offences Act during its sitting on 25th July 2023. Since 1985 Amnesty International Ghana has been campaigning for the abolition of […]
Ghana’s Parliament today abolished the death penalty for all ordinary crimes (including murder, genocide, piracy and smuggling of gold and diamonds and attempted murder in prison) by passing a private members Bill to amend the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, tabled by the MP for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu. Working alongside Ghanaian Parliamentarians and campaign groups, […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has sensitized stakeholders from both the formal and informal sectors in the Upper East Region on climate change laws and energy transition. The training, which was held in Bolgatanga, the regional capital, was aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge on the adverse impact of climate change and how […]