Police prosecutors have been advised to equip themselves with the provisions on the new plea bargaining in the Criminal and Other Offence (Procedure) (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1079). This would help them have a better understanding of the new plea bargaining law and thus enable them play their role in the administration of justice more […]
Mrs Evelyn Keelson, a Chief State Attorney, says the Attorney General’s Department is in the process of developing guidelines for the implementation of the Plea-bargaining law in the country. She said the guidelines would indicate specifically what was expected of prosecutors regarding the preparation of the Plea-bargaining agreement. Mrs Keelson was speaking at a training […]
With funding support from our partner, Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), Legal Resources Centre (LRC) together with nine (9) other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Sub-Sahara Africa are admitting female fellows to offer a one-year, fully funded fellowships to an inaugural class of ten early-career women lawyers. The aim of CFJ’s Waging Justice is to […]
Legal Resources Centre (LRC), implementation lead of USAID, Justice Sector Support Activity, has held a consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and Paralegal guide. The event, held in collaboration with the Legal Aid Commission Ghana, came off on Thursday, July 28, at the Sunlodge Hotel, Tesano. The workshop sought to foster understanding of the […]
The Legal AID Commission, Ghana in collaboration with USAID and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has held consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and Paralegal guide in Koforidua. The workshop is to Forster understanding of the paralegal regime for legal aid delivery in Ghana through a detailed exposition of the LI to kick […]
The Legal Aid Commission has trained recruits on providing services for new Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) effectively and efficiently. The administrative staff will act as administrators and mediators in the various legal aid offices across the country. The recruits received training in ADR approaches, professional mediation strategies, community mediation tactics, administrative commission procedures, and other […]
Officials of Legal Resource Centre (LRC) have through funding support from USAID sponsored a 4-day training workshop on Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Mechanism and Administrative Procedures for new staff of the Legal Aid Commission (LAC). The training falls within the scope of LRC’s current project which is the “USAID Justice Sector Support Activity”; a 2-year […]
Legal Resources Centre (LRC), implementation lead of USAID, Justice Sector Support Activity, has organised a roundtable discussion on the advocacy for review of the Evidence Act 1975 (NRCD 323) and C.I 87. The discussion brought together relevant stakeholders to find ways of resolving the inherent conflict in Order 26 rule 4 of C. I 47 […]
Stakeholders in the justice delivery system have called for the review or repeal of Section 6 of the Evidence Act and CI 87 to enhance the speedy adjudication of cases in the country. The stakeholders contend that the review or repeal of the Act would resolve conflicts and ensure speedy trials. The Evidence Act, which […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has called on the government, to as a matter of urgency, support human rights institutions for them to successfully carry out their respective mandates. According to a Rule of Law Specialist at Legal Resources Centre, Enock Jengre, it has become imperative for government to fully support institutions such as the […]