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PRESS RELEASE BY THE COALITION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY ON THE PARLIAMENT OF GHANA VOTING IN FAVOUR OF THE AMENDEMENT OF THE CRIMINAL OFFENCES ACT, 1960 (ACT 29)

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The Coalition Against the Death Penalty led by Amnesty International Ghana welcomes the news that the death penalty in Ghana has been abolished by the Parliament of Ghana through the amendment of the Criminal Offences Act during its sitting on 25th July 2023.  Since 1985 Amnesty International Ghana has been campaigning for the abolition of […]

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PRESS RELEASE: A Huge Win for Human Rights – Ghana Abolishes the Death Penalty

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  Ghana’s Parliament today abolished the death penalty for all ordinary crimes (including murder, genocide, piracy and smuggling of gold and diamonds and attempted murder in prison) by passing a private members Bill to amend the Criminal Offences (Amendment) Act, tabled by the MP for Madina, Francis Xavier-Sosu. Working alongside Ghanaian Parliamentarians and campaign groups, […]

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Prosecutors urged to study plea bargaining law

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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 […]

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 Attorney-General’s Department developing guidelines for implementation of  Plea-bargaining

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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 […]

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Call for Application: One Year Paid Fellowship for Female Lawyers in West Africa

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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 […]

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LRC Breaks for the Yuletide

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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 […]

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