Parents have been advised not see or handle children from reformation centers as community outcasts or failures. The project coordinator for ‘Child Justice’ at the Legal Resources Center, lawyer Clarke Noyoru gave this counsel in Tamale during a one day workshop to engage stakeholders of children’s rights and justice in the Northern region. He said, […]
Child rights activists have attributed Ghana’s poor Juvenile Justice System (JJS) to lack of active Senior Correctional Centres (SCC) and shelters. According to them, only one out of the supposed SCCs nationwide is functioning, and this is undermining the country’s Juvenile Justice System. “The lack of SCCs and Shelter Homes in nine out of 10 […]
Parents have been advised not see or handle children from reformation centers as community outcasts or failures. The project coordinator for ‘Child Justice Project’ at the Legal Resources Center(LRC) Lawyer Clarke Noyoru gave this counsel in Tamale during a one day workshop to engage stakeholders of children’s rights and justice in the northern region. He […]
As part of its goal to influence national institutions to be more transparent, accountable, human rights-oriented and consistent with the broad outlook of Ghana’s Justice for Children Policy, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) is implementing a Justice for children project dubbed “Justice for Children: Bridging the gap between Legislation and Practice”. The Project, with support […]
Legal Resource Center, a child rights advocacy group, has blamed the dwindling family and parental care and guidance for the increasing juvenile delinquency in the country. In an interview with Citi News, Clarke Noyoru, a project coordinator at the Legal Resource Center said the increasing rate of delinquency paints a gloomy picture for the future […]
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 […]