The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has unveiled a three-year project seeking to redefine the Ghanaian child protection system which it describes as “out-dated” and “modelled along European” cultures rather than home-grown traditions. The current system has become “ineffective and not suited to the needs of citizens,” LRC officials said, and called for legal and policy […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has trained some selected persons as paralegals in four Districts of the Upper East Region to assist in alternative dispute resolution involving children. The initiative was part of the LRC’s goal to influence national institutions to be more transparent, accountable, human rights-oriented and consistent with the broad outlook of Ghana’s […]
Ghana would be 62 years old on Wednesday, March 6, 2019 after gaining independence from her colonial masters. But it is sad to know that, the independence and the welfare of most Ghanaian children is better left untold as children in the country suffer all forms of abuses including child trafficking, defilement, physical torture among […]
As part of the ongoing implementation of its 3-year project seeking to protect children caught up within the legal system of Ghana, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has begun the training of some 150 paralegals across the country. Dubbed “Justice for children: Bridging the gap between legislation and practice”, the goal of the project is […]
The LRC has participated in a town hall meeting on media and corruption in Ghana on the theme “Assessing the Performance of the Media in Fighting Corruption in Ghana: Two years into Akufo-Addo`s Administration”. Delivering the keynote address at the event, Mr. Daniel Yaw Domelevo, the Auditor-General of Ghana indicated that corruption has permeated every […]
Mr Justice Dennis Adjei, the Director of Judicial Training Institute (JTI), has urged judges and magistrates to ensure that the rights and welfare of children are protected when they appear before courts. He noted that in the process of taking evidence judges and magistrates must ensure that children were not intimidated in any form, as […]
We wish to inform our partners and the general public that our offices will be closed from Friday, 21st December 2018 for the Christmas holidays, and resume on Monday 7th January 2019. We are expectant that next year would be much more fruitful and brighter as we continue to ensure Human Rights and Human Dignity for all […]
Mrs. Victoria Adzewodah, the Chief Superintendent of Prisons Senior Correctional Centre, has appealed to parents to come for their children after undergoing correctional changes to be able to put up their best. She said prison officers recognised the importance of cohesion and harmony between the family and the community, as the child’s welfare was a […]
Lawyer Clarke Noyoru, Project Co-ordinator of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has called on the media to avoid giving too much information on juveniles who had had a brush with law. He explained that some journalists though would not mention the name of minors who had had conflict with the law or had had contact […]
Justice Emile Francis Short, the Former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights of Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called on state institutions to ensure the enforcement of laws in the country to promote fairness. He said although the country had ratified 51 Conventions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and had a number of well […]