Category: LRC News
Research reveals significant underreporting of road crash deaths in Ghana
A recent study by the Bloomberg Philanthropies Initiative for Global Road Safety (BIGRS) has revealed that road crash fatalities in Ghana maybe 200% higher than reported by the Ghana Police Service and the National Road Safety Authority (NRSA). According to BIGRS, limitations in resources and challenges in tracking victims through hospitals and mortuaries contribute to […]
Speeding accounts for 60% road crashes in Ghana
Sixty percent (60%) of road crashes leading to pedestrian and passenger knockdowns in Ghana are speed-related, speakers at a day-long road safety engagement forum in Accra have revealed. While tyre bursts, brake failures, overloading, and bad roads are major contributing factors, speeding has been identified as the key contributor to these incidents. The forum, organized […]
LRC engages road safety authorities to address Ghana’s speed culture
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has partnered with road safety experts to develop a strategy to end Ghana’s notorious speed culture, which is responsible for over 39 per cent of road crash fatalities nationwide. The Centre is concerned by the alarming number of fatalities and injuries on Ghanaian roads every year, primarily due to the […]
Speeding accounts for 70% of all road crashes- National Road Safety Authority
Source: Morning news on TV3: Livestream | 27-09-24 (youtube.com) […]
LRC advocates for standards on motorcycle helmets in Ghana
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a national non-governmental organisation deeply committed to the realisation of human dignity, has advocated for the development of standards on motorcycle helmets fit for Ghana`s weather conditions. According to the LRC, at present, Ghana does not have standards developed for motorcycle helmets. Hence, there are all manner of helmets on […]
LRC Implements a Project on Road Safety aimed at Advocacy on Speed Management and Development of Standards on Motorcycle Helmets
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 […]
LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE EMPOWERS OVER 570 STUDENTS THROUGH LEGAL AND MENSTRUAL RIGHTS ADVOCACY
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 […]
LRC leads civil society in justice delivery to develop justice commitments on Open Government Partnership
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 […]
Inadequate lawyers in the northern sector affecting justice delivery as only two lawyers are available for legal aid
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, […]