On 14th September, 2016, LRC held its 2nd Steering Committee meeting. This meeting was purposed to streamline activities for the 2nd quarter of the project which includes nationwide civic input into the ongoing reforms spearheaded by the Electoral Commission. Members deliberated on the form the consultations should take, the regions to cover and the need […]
On the 8th to 11th of September 2016, Green Advocates International hosted the West African Mini-People’s Forum and Public Interest Lawyering Conference in Monrovia, Liberia. The Event was organized by the Public Interest Lawyering Initiative for West Africa in collaboration between Advocates for Community Alternatives, Green Advocates International, the Center for Public Interest Law, and […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in collaboration with Women and Minor’s Rights Committee of the Ghana Bar Association, has started a campaign to sensitise Ghanaians on relevant laws related to human rights. The focus is on the rights of women and children. The campaign aimed at reaching out to some communities within Northern, Upper West […]
Working with other Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), the Legal Resources Centre contributed to the Civil Society Report on the Implementation of the ICCPR [International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights]. That report was delivered during the Initial Period Report of Ghana at the 115th Session of the Human Rights Committee, which was held in October […]
The registration of 1,586 persons were challenged during the recent Limited Voters Registration Exercise in the Greater Accra Region. Out of the number, 1,007 people were cleared and their ‘National Voters Identification Cards released to them. The remaining 579 people who could not go through the challenging process were disqualified and their voters identification cards […]
The Legal Resources Centre recently launched its “Consolidating the Electoral Justice System in Ghana” project—and, on June 23, 2016, hosted the first meeting of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee is comprised of people from different sectors of society such as the Honourable Justice Dennis Dominic Adjei as the Chairperson of the committee who represents […]
A national project aimed at enhancing the country’s electoral justice system was launched in Accra on Friday. The project which is being funded by Star-Ghana would be implemented by the Legal Resources Center (LRC), a non-governmental organisation and LADA Institute. It aims to ensure the legality of the electoral process, safeguard the political rights of […]
As part of its contribution towards ensuring free, fair and peaceful general election in November, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) in partnership with Law and Development Associates (LADA) Institute has launched the Star-Ghana II project. The project dubbed: “Consolidating The Electoral Justice System in Ghana,” aims at ensuring the legality of the electoral process, safeguard […]
As part of its efforts in promoting electoral justice, to safeguard both the legality of the electoral process and the political rights of citizens, LRC has been awarded a grant by STAR-Ghana with funding from UKaid, DANIDA and EU to implement a project captioned “Consolidating the Electoral Justice System in Ghana” (CEJS). […]
To commemorate its 2016 Citizenship Week Celebration, the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) embarked on a mission to educate the children of Ghana onthe qualities of a good citizenry by organizing teaching seminars at basic schools for Pupils. During the weeklong celebration, NCCE collaborated with several civil society leaders in order to distill the […]