Mr Enock Jengre, Rule of Law Specialist, Legal Resources Centre, has said the Ghana Case Tracking System (CTS) would address challenges of delays in criminal justice. He noted that everyone who went to the court wanted their cases expedited, especially the cost and human interference involved in the use of manual process. Mr Jengre, speaking […]
Over a decade now, Ghana`s justice delivery system has continuously witnessed considerable progress including the introduction of the e-justice system to minimizing case delays and prolonged detentions. Despite the progress made in Ghana’s criminal justice space, there are still inherent systemic and operational challenges that inhibit effective and equitable justice delivery system in the country… […]
The Board, Management and Staff of the Legal Resources Centre wish to inform our partners, corporate family, clients and the general public that our offices will be closed from Monday, 20th December, 2021 for the Christmas holidays, and resume on Monday, 10th January, 2022. We look forward to a much more fulfilling new year of […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a Non-Governmental Organization, has called for support from stakeholders in the Upper East Region for the passage of the Community Service Bill of 2018 into law. That, it said would provide for community service as an alternative to custodial sentences for convicted offenders for certain types of crimes considered as […]
The National Bar Association of the United States of America has visited Ghana for collaborations with the Ghana Bar Association and other relevant CSO’s and NGO’s. The LRC had the privilege of having the National Bar Association team visit our offices for an inception meeting for this collaboration. The National Bar Association was founded in […]
The Legal Aid Commission (LAC) in collaboration with the Legal Resources Centre have commenced their Legal aid week celebration in the Volta regional capital, Ho. The celebration, according to the organisers, is planned to be an annual celebration to highlight the existence of the Legal Aid Commission and to help the poor who cannot afford […]
Legal Aid Commission (LAC), in collaboration with Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has called on the public, particularly the poor and vulnerable, to access the services of the LAC when faced with legal challenges. According to the Upper East Regional Director of Legal Aid Commission, Lawyer Richard Adazabra, the Commission exists to help the poor and […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a lead advocate for the Ghana Case Tracking System has organised a sensitization workshop for stakeholders including community monitoring groups in the Volta region to further deepen their participation in the initiative. The workshop, which is supported by Commonwealth Human Rights initiative and Crime Check Foundation with funding from United States […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has organised a sensitization workshop on the Ghana Case-Tracking System (CTS) for Civic Society Organisations (CSOs) in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital. Ghana, in 2018 launched the first electronic Integrated Criminal Justice CTS project to support key stakeholders in the justice delivery system to collect, collate and harmonize statistical […]