The Legal Resources Centre (LRC), a human rights Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) has called on citizens to shift from the use of fossil fuels for electricity generation to the use of renewable energy. The LRC said there was the need for collective advocacy by citizens, for Ghana to shift from burning fossil fuels, oil, coal […]
The increasing cost of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) is becoming a threat to Ghana’s quest to achieve zero net emissions by the year 2070. Enock Jengre, Programs Officer at the Legal Resources Centre, said the government of Ghana has made certain mechanisms for the transition of renewable energy available to all. This includes the Paris […]
Police prosecutors have been advised to equip themselves with the provisions on the new plea bargaining in the Criminal and Other Offence (Procedure) (Amendment) Act, 2022 (Act 1079). This would help them have a better understanding of the new plea bargaining law and thus enable them play their role in the administration of justice more […]
Mrs Evelyn Keelson, a Chief State Attorney, says the Attorney General’s Department is in the process of developing guidelines for the implementation of the Plea-bargaining law in the country. She said the guidelines would indicate specifically what was expected of prosecutors regarding the preparation of the Plea-bargaining agreement. Mrs Keelson was speaking at a training […]
With funding support from our partner, Clooney Foundation for Justice (CFJ), Legal Resources Centre (LRC) together with nine (9) other Civil Society Organizations (CSO) in Sub-Sahara Africa are admitting female fellows to offer a one-year, fully funded fellowships to an inaugural class of ten early-career women lawyers. The aim of CFJ’s Waging Justice is to […]
The Board, Management and Staff of the Legal Resources Centre wish to inform our partners, corporate family, clients and the general public that our offices will be closed from Monday, 19th December, 2022 for the Christmas holidays, and resume on Tuesday, 10th January, 2023. We look forward to a much more fulfilling new year of […]
The Legal Resources Centre (LRC) with funding support from the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) has undertaken a 4 day training session captioned “Training on Legal Aid and Human Rights” held from 24th to 27th October 2022 at Ange Hill Hotel, East legon-Accra. This initiative is to train paralegals on legal aid and human rights by […]
Access to justice is a prerequisite for the full enjoyment of rights. However, the goal of ensuring that the Ghanaian justice system is structured and administered in a manner that equips people with the knowledge, resources, and services they require to address their legal problems has remained elusive. In Ghana, the Legal Aid Commission (LAC) […]
Legal Resources Centre (LRC), implementation lead of USAID, Justice Sector Support Activity, has held a consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and Paralegal guide. The event, held in collaboration with the Legal Aid Commission Ghana, came off on Thursday, July 28, at the Sunlodge Hotel, Tesano. The workshop sought to foster understanding of the […]
The Legal AID Commission, Ghana in collaboration with USAID and the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) has held consultative workshop on the draft legislative Instrument (LI) and Paralegal guide in Koforidua. The workshop is to Forster understanding of the paralegal regime for legal aid delivery in Ghana through a detailed exposition of the LI to kick […]