Project facilitator for Legal Resources Centre (LRC) Lawyer Samuel Fenbeti has called on government to reform policies on child protection rights due to how children involved in offence related cases are badly handled by some police personnel. Ghana’s child protection system he underscored is so defective that it does not suit the needs of modern […]
The Northern Regional Director of the Legal Aid Commission Lawyer Issah Mahmudu has sounded a caution to media practitioners who reveal the identities of child victims who suffer either physical or emotional abuse in the society. He described this practice as “barbaric and unprofessional”. Mr. Mahmudu gave the warning while facilitating a training program […]
Mr. Clarke Noyoru, an Accra-based legal practitioner on Wednesday stated the need for special protection for children being abused, exploited and suffering all forms of violence in the country. He said children who were victims of crime should have access to justice without the fear of public exposure, humiliation and retaliation in the process of […]
Northern Regional Coordinator of the Legal Aid Commission, Lawyer Awudu Issah Mahmudu, has stressed the need for government and the National Health Insurance Authority to urgently make medical examination of victims of rape and defilement free of charge. According to him, the inability of many victims of physical assault especially rape and defilement to access […]
The government has been urged to make it mandatory for all hospitals to use the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) to treat victims of crime particularly children and women who become victims of defilement, rape and other forms of assault. Mr Issah Mahmudu, Northern Regional Director of the Legal Aid Commission, who made the call, […]
A non-governmental organization, Legal Resources Centre, is calling on government to intensify education on legal representation of children in court. Project Officer, Enock Jengre, says most cases involving children are prosecuted without any legal services for them in breach of their rights. He says though the state provides free legal services to those who cannot […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a Non-Governmental NGO has organized a day’s training programme in Sunyani for para-legals engaged in protecting the fundamental human rights of children. Captioned “Justice for Children”, the training programme was aimed at equipping the para-legals with a deeper understanding of the legal framework that enables them to effectively prevent and […]
The Project Officer at the Legal Resources Centre (LRC), Enock Jengre has called on the government to enforce the Beggars and Destitute Act 1969(NLCD 392) to halt children being used as beggars on the streets. He said, sometimes it is very worrying to see children begging on the streets. According to him, research conducted by […]
The government has been urged to take drastic action on children engaged in begging on the streets. Mr Enock Jengre, Project Officer for Legal Resources Centre (LRC) a child rights advocate, who made the call, wants those children to be moved from the streets… […]
The LRC and other Anti-Corruption Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Ghana on Thursday 18th July 2019 held a meeting with Her Ladyship the Chief Justice of Ghana, Justice Sophia Akuffo and other Superior Court Justices. The meeting which took place at the Conference Room of the Judicial Service Administration Block was aimed at engaging and […]