To improve transparency in Ghana’s criminal justice delivery, a system to publicly track criminal cases in court has been launched. The electronic Case Tracking System (CTS) will collect, collate, and harmonize data from the time of the arrest of a suspect to the time judgment is delivered. The CTS project supported by the USAID […]
The Ghana Audit Service has conducted performance audits to assess the quality of selected infrastructural projects under Ghana’s Strengthening Accountability Mechanisms (GSAM) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It is to evaluate for value-for-money in public budgeting of 50 selected District Assembly projects including classroom blocks, health centres, teachers’ and […]
The LRC has participated in a 3-day workshop on State reporting on the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights (African Charter) and the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa (Maputo Protocol). The workshop which was attended by Enock Jengre of the LRC was […]
A Justice of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Dennis Adjei has entreated the Police to enforce the Children`s Act, 1998 (Act 560) in the interest of every child found in conflict with the laws of Ghana. He said this when he was schooling some selected police officers to enhance their knowledge of juvenile justice. […]
Justice Dennis Adjei, Justice of the Appeals Court, has asked police officers to help protect the rights of children, especially those that are brought to them as having had a brush with the law. He said the police should guard them from abuse and serve as their mouth piece. Justice Adjei was addressing a training […]
An Appeal Court judge, Justice Dennis Adjei, has urged the police to make use of the legal aid system to avoid violating the rights of children who find themselves in conflict with the law. According to him, juveniles were usually stripped of their rights because they were not given legal representation in court. He said […]
Fifty five police officers from the Ghana Police Service have received training on the need to protect the right of a Child whenever children go in conflict with the law. The Officers were selected from Ahafo, Ashanti, Bono and Bono East Regions. The training was held under the theme; “The Role of Security Agencies in […]
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 […]