The Legal Resources Centre, a non-government organization, has engaged stakeholders on justice for children to solicit their input on issues affecting children in contact and in conflict with the law of the country. The engagement sought to inform existing policies and national institutions such that they would be more transparent, accountable and work towards a […]
A project to raise awareness among university students and business professionals about the rights and obligations employers owe their employees under international and local human right laws has been launched. The project titled ‘Promoting Human Rights Awareness in Business’ was launched at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), where the business curriculum […]
The LRC, with support from the State of Netherlands, is launching a project aimed at raising awareness of how human rights apply in business settings dubbed “Promoting Human Rights Awareness in Business” as part of our goal to influence national institutions to be more transparent, accountable, human rights oriented and consistent. The project seeks to […]
Child rights activists have strongly advocated for the government of Ghana to build at least one senior correctional centre and a shelter home home in each region of the country otherwise the current situation would continue to undermine the country’s juvenile justice system. The lack of SCCs and Shelter Homes in nine of 10 of […]
Parents have been advised not see or handle children from reformation centers as community outcasts or failures. The project coordinator for ‘Child Justice’ at the Legal Resources Center, lawyer Clarke Noyoru gave this counsel in Tamale during a one day workshop to engage stakeholders of children’s rights and justice in the Northern region. He said, […]
Child rights activists have attributed Ghana’s poor Juvenile Justice System (JJS) to lack of active Senior Correctional Centres (SCC) and shelters. According to them, only one out of the supposed SCCs nationwide is functioning, and this is undermining the country’s Juvenile Justice System. “The lack of SCCs and Shelter Homes in nine out of 10 […]
Parents have been advised not see or handle children from reformation centers as community outcasts or failures. The project coordinator for ‘Child Justice Project’ at the Legal Resources Center(LRC) Lawyer Clarke Noyoru gave this counsel in Tamale during a one day workshop to engage stakeholders of children’s rights and justice in the northern region. He […]
As part of its goal to influence national institutions to be more transparent, accountable, human rights-oriented and consistent with the broad outlook of Ghana’s Justice for Children Policy, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is implementing a Justice for children project dubbed “Justice for Children: Bridging the gap between Legislation and Practice”. The Project, with support […]
Legal Resource Center, a child rights advocacy group, has blamed the dwindling family and parental care and guidance for the increasing juvenile delinquency in the country. In an interview with Citi News, Clarke Noyoru, a project coordinator at the Legal Resource Center said the increasing rate of delinquency paints a gloomy picture for the future […]
Mr Clarke Noyoru, Project Coordinator, Legal Resource Centre, has noted that the breakdown of the extended family system was affecting the upbringing of children, increasing cases of child delinquency. He said the nuclear family system limited the role of the extended family system, where children belonged to the community which had influence in their lives. […]