The Research, Advocacy and Advisory Services (RAAS) programme of the LRC allows for a broad investigation into social issues from a human rights perspective. As the programme name suggests, alot of legal research is done, advocacy on law and policy and also provide advisory services to different stakeholders. An important project under this programme is our international lawyering internship programme which involves the exchange of knowledge and ideas on grassroots human rights work through international technical assistance. Institutions or individual students apply for internship placements at the Centre. Most applicants volunteer travel and living expenses to obtain a first-hand experience in grassroots social development. The output of the interns is integrated into the research, advocacy and advisory work of the LRC.
Projects under RAAS programme include:
- Ensuring Access to Justice through awareness creation and running of legal aid clinics for the poor and marginalized population in selected regions in Ghana
- Right to Health Project
- Paralegal training for Women in West Mamprusi and Bongo Districts
- National Slum Upgrading Project
- Parliamentary Advocacy Project (PAP)
- Project on Capacity Building for Effective Deployment of the Rights Based Approach to Development
- Action Research Project
- Anti – Human Trafficking Project
- LRC- Friedrich Ebert Foundation Watchdog Series
- Natural Resources Project
USAID Justice Sector Support Activity (2020-2023)
Funded by USAID This is an Activity which focuses on monitoring and sustaining the implementation of Ghana`s Case Tracking System (CTS)- a software system instituted by Chemonics International and its partners aimed at employing technology solutions to track criminal cases from inception until being disposed of. The Activity which is being implemented in forty (40) […]
Justice for Children: Bridging the Gap Between Legislation and Practice (2018-2021)
Funded by European Union (EU) This project focused on bridging the gap between legislation and practice within the Ghanaian Child Justice system through; legal and policy reform, providing legal assistance to juveniles in conflict or contact with the law throughout the 10 regions of Ghana, and Training of security and law enforcement agencies to enhance […]
Ghana Strengthening Accountability Mechanism (GSAM) (2016-2021)
Funded by USAID The rationale of this project was to ensure that there is an improvement of local government by enhancing bottom-up social accountability mechanisms in the selected district assemblies. The project seeks to use participatory and social engagement processes to empower citizens to participate in the assessment of performance of public policies, programmes and […]
Promoting Human Rights Awareness in Business Project (June 2018 to May 2020)
Funded by State of the Netherlands This project was aimed at raising awareness among students and business professionals (employers & employees) about human rights law, and the rights and obligations imposed by those laws in a business context. Human Rights in Business modules have been introduced at GIMPA into some of its undergraduate classes namely: […]
“Abolish the Death Penalty in Ghana Now!” (2018)
Funded by Amnesty International The project seeks to champion the call for the abolition of death penalty in Ghana by facilitating the appeal process and representing at least five (5) prisoners in Court, who are currently on death row; and work to obtain the commutation of at least one of the sentences. Public conversation about […]
Improving Criminal Justice And The Administration Of Justice Through Advanced Technology Solutions (2017-2018)
Funded by OSIWA The project sought to use technology solutions to improve the administration of criminal justice by building a well-developed automated software system linking all relevant Institutions in the administration of Justice (The Police, the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department, The Judiciary and the Prison Service). […]
“I AM AWARE” A Project for Social Accountability (2017)
Funded by Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) The rationale of this project was to disseminate user-friendly data at grassroots level, on the state of public goods and services across the country as a conduit between duty-bearers and the community at large, facilitating transparent governance, inclusiveness and social accountability. Information on education, health, water, security […]
Sensitization of Men,Women and children on their rights and aiding them to access legal aid in selected districts in the Upper East, Upper West and Northern Region (annually since 2015 to date)
Funded by Ghana Bar Association The rationale of this project was to sensitize women and children on their rights and aid them to access legal aid. Participants were taken through laws such as Children’s act, Domestic violence act, Human Trafficking Act and so on. Radio interviews were carried out as part of activities in reaching […]
Consolidating the Electoral Justice System in Ghana (2016-2017)
Funded by STAR-Ghana with funding from UKaid, DANIDA and EU The rationale of this project was to promote electoral justice, resolving political conflict through different legal mechanisms, guaranteeing full compliance with the law, and educating the public on their electoral rights, in order to enable democracy to thrive. The objectives were to ensure civic input […]