CEPIL

Abstract

The Centre for Public Interest Law (CEPIL) is a rights based non-governmental not for profit organization established in 1999 and incorporated under the Companies Code 1963 (Act 179) as a company limited by guarantee. The founding of CEPIL has its roots in discussions between Dr. Dominic Ayine, the Executive Director of CEPIL and Mr. Charles Abugre the then Executive Director of Integrated Social Development Center (ISODEC) regarding issues of public and private accountability in Ghana’s Mining Sector. Since its founding, CEPIL has achieved a great reputation as a public interest and human rights law firm. Its landmark cases and activities include the defense of 30,000 squatters from eviction by the Accra City Authorities, the defense of mining communities in the Wassa District and the introduction of the concept of paralegalism into Ghanaian human rights advocacy.