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. […]
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 […]
The New Juaben South Municipal Chief Executive, Mr Isaac Appau-Gyesi, has called on parents to reduce the time they spent chasing wealth and focus on the wellbeing of their wards to help reduce the number of children on streets. He questioned the benefits, if parents acquired all the wealth in the world at the neglect […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 LRC seeks to use part of its funds from the Project to build an efficient and automated software system which would link children in conflict with the law to […]
A project aimed at providing an enabling environment for the protection of children has been launched by human rights based Non-Governmental Organization (N.G.O), Legal Resources Center in Accra. The project dubbed ‘Child Justice’ is supported by the European Union (EU) and will run for three years to help bridge the gap between legislation and practice […]
Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a nongovernmental human rights organisation, has launched the ‘Child Justice Project’ to create an enabling environment for the protection of children. The three-year project, supported by the European Union (EU), is to bridge the gap between legislation and practice within the Ghanaian Child Justice system. It is aimed at ensuring the […]