Do not handle children from reformation centers like outcasts – Lawyer to Parents

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 […]

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Legal Resources Centre seeks policy reforms in Ghana’s Justice for Children Policy

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 […]

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Breakdown of family system affecting child upbringing

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. […]

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Legal Resources Centre Engages Stakeholders on Justice for Children Policy in Takoradi

  As part of efforts to influence national institutions to be more transparent, accountable, human rights-oriented and consistent with the brand outlook of Ghana’s Justice for Children Policy, Legal Resources Centre a non-government organization has organized a stakeholders Consultation on Legal and Policy gaps on Justice for Children at Takoradi in the Western Region. The […]

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Stakeholders engage in justice for children

Stakeholder consultation on justice for children aimed at influencing national institutions to be more transparent, accountable and human rights oriented in dealing with issues involving children has ended in Takoradi in the Western Region. The programme on the theme: “Justice for Children: bridging the gap between legislation and practice was organised by legal resources centre, […]

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Lack of juvenile correctional centres affecting child rights

Child Rights Activists have identified the lack of modern reformative correctional centres across the country as an abuse of juveniles to rightful custody. According to the Activists, juveniles who were incarcerated in prison instead of rehabilitation centres for reformation often came out as hardened criminals after serving their terms. These juveniles become recidivists because they […]

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INVITATION FOR TENDERS

PROCUREMENT OF 4 X 4 VEHICLES COMPETITIVE TENDERING ISSUANCE DATE: 20th JUNE, 2018   The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), intends to apply part of its budgetary allocation for eligible payments under its European Union funded project for the procurement of 4 x 4 vehicle towards the realization of its project objectives   The LRC invites […]

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EXPRESSION OF INTEREST FROM LAWYERS AND PARALEGALS

With funding from the European Union (EU), the LRC is undertaking a 3-year project dubbed: Justice for Children: Bridging the Gap Between Legislation and Practice. The Project seeks to create a network of lawyers and paralegals across all the ten (10) regions in Ghana for the provision of services to juveniles (children in conflict/contact with […]

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