Funded by State of the Netherlands This project was aimed at raising awareness among students and business professionals (employers & employees) about human rights law, and the rights and obligations imposed by those laws in a business context. Human Rights in Business modules have been introduced at GIMPA into some of its undergraduate classes namely: […]
Funded by Amnesty International The project seeks to champion the call for the abolition of death penalty in Ghana by facilitating the appeal process and representing at least five (5) prisoners in Court, who are currently on death row; and work to obtain the commutation of at least one of the sentences. Public conversation about […]
Funded by OSIWA The project sought to use technology solutions to improve the administration of criminal justice by building a well-developed automated software system linking all relevant Institutions in the administration of Justice (The Police, the Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department, The Judiciary and the Prison Service). […]
Funded by Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) The rationale of this project was to disseminate user-friendly data at grassroots level, on the state of public goods and services across the country as a conduit between duty-bearers and the community at large, facilitating transparent governance, inclusiveness and social accountability. Information on education, health, water, security […]
Funded by Ghana Bar Association The rationale of this project was to sensitize women and children on their rights and aid them to access legal aid. Participants were taken through laws such as Children’s act, Domestic violence act, Human Trafficking Act and so on. Radio interviews were carried out as part of activities in reaching […]
Funded by STAR-Ghana with funding from UKaid, DANIDA and EU The rationale of this project was to promote electoral justice, resolving political conflict through different legal mechanisms, guaranteeing full compliance with the law, and educating the public on their electoral rights, in order to enable democracy to thrive. The objectives were to ensure civic input […]
Funded by British High Commission, Accra The rationale of this project was to mitigate the risks of unrest/violence ahead of Presidential and Parliamentary elections by engaging traditional leaders and the media to promote peaceful elections. Activities involved were training forums on the law, media ethics and the promotion of peaceful election, production of information, education […]
Funded by United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human rights(UN-OHCHR) Rationale of this project was to rescue/attend to victims of contemporary forms of slavery in the Upper East Region of Ghana. Assistance to these victims vary and were addressed on a case by case basis: Legal action on behalf of victims, Reviews by […]
Funded by UNDP This project sought to draw attention to new offices established for the Legal Aid Scheme in some districts and also create awareness on the work of the Ghana Legal Aid Scheme, LRC in collaboration with the Legal Aid Scheme held Legal Aid Clinics in six targeted regions out of the ten regions […]
Funded by Virginia Gildersleeve International Fund (VGIF) The rationale of this project was to train women from the areas of Bongo and Walewale to act as volunteer paralegals within their communities. The project provided basic support to 30 women on human rights violations and trained them in simple legal process. Special emphasis was placed on […]