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SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Program, Takoradi (Feb. 14, 2001); Interview with Mr. Kwaku
Frimpong, Regional Director, Legal Aid Board, Ashanti Region, Kumasi (June 5, 2001);
Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June 14, 2001);
Interview with Mrs. Ellen A. Sweetie Asiedu Akrofi Sowa, Regional Director, Legal Aid Board,
Western Region, Takoradi (June 8, 2001).
[FN389]. See Interview with Mrs. Ernestina Naana Hagan, Mrs. Elizabeth Owiredu-Gyampoh,
FIDA Legal Aid Centre, Accra (Feb. 13, 2001); Interview with Mrs. Patience Diaba and Mrs.
Yaa Boadi, Legal Officers, SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Programme, Takoradi (Feb. 14,
2001); Interview with SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Programme's Legal Literacy Volunteers,
Ho (June 5, 2001).
[FN390]. Interview with SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Programme's Legal Literacy
Volunteers, Ho (June 5, 2001) (providing as an example that Mrs. Hilary Gbedemah, Legal
Officer for the SNV/WiLDAF Legal Awareness Programme in Ho, will travel to Peki or Kpandu
in the Volta Region and spend several days with the community there to handle the backlog of
cases). As noted by the CHRAJ attorney in Ho, Mr. Justin Dorgu, the SNV/WiLDAF Legal
Officer in Ho can be more effective than the CHRAJ attorneys because she is “more mobile” and
is able to travel and stay for a few days in a place where cases are pending. Interview with Justin
Dorgu, Legal Officer of the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice, Ho (June
5, 2001).
[FN391]. Interview with Felix K. Korley, Director of Legal Aid, Legal Aid Board, Accra (June
14, 2001) (“We try to settle the cases and not go to court. We use ADR a lot.”); Interview with
Mrs. Ellen A. Sweetie Asiedu Akrofi Sowa, Regional Director, Legal Aid Board, Western
Region, Takoradi (June 8, 2001) (noting that the Legal Aid Board has adopted an ADR approach
to most cases which has been successful with inheritance cases; they invite the parties in, explain
what the law is, and usually people will comply); Interview with Mrs. Chris Dadzie, Chief Legal
Officer, CHRAJ, Accra (Feb. 12, 2001) (explaining that CHRAJ typically mediates and litigates
only when its recommendations are not followed).
[FN392]. Interview with Hilary Gbedemah, Legal Officer, SNV/WILDAF Legal Awareness
Programme, Ho (Feb. 16, 2001).
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