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Remand or Punishment? An Inquiry into Ghana’s Failure to Ensure Speedy Trials

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By Alex Boateng ABSTRACT Ghana’s constitutional framework guarantees the right to a fair and speedy trial. However, systemic delays in the judicial process have raised concerns about whether prolonged remand periods amount to punitive measures in practice. This article examines the constitutional, legal, and practical dimensions of Ghana’s failure to ensure timely trials. It interrogates […]

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False News and Freedom of Expression: A Constitutional and Comparative Critique of Ghana’s Criminal Law

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Seth Boakye[1] & Emmanuel Tematey[2] Abstract Ghana’s constitutional commitment to freedom of speech faces a troubling counterpoint in the continued criminalisation of “false news.” This article examines how robust guarantees of expression under the 1992 Constitution and international law are undermined by colonial-era provisions that penalise the publication of false information. It provides an overview

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SUSPENDED CHIEF JUSTICE GERTRUDE TORKORNOO IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW – GYAMPO

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If the suspended Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo has done wrong, the law must work, the CEO of the Ghana Shippers Authority, Professor Ransford Gyampo, has said. Prof Gyampo also says that if it is established that she has done anything untoward, the same law applies. Speaking on the Key Points on TV3 Saturday, May 31,

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Wontumi, Bail, and the Law’s True Purpose

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Over the past couple of days, our screens have been splattered with headlines and scenes relating to Chairman Wontumi, the Ashanti Regional Chairman of Ghana’s opposition party, the New Patriotic Party. Media reports indicated that on Monday, he was formally invited by the Police CID at the Headquarters in Accra, an invitation he honored. This invitation

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Compensation for wrongful conviction and imprisonment: A review of Ghana’s criminal law in the case of Daniel Ayareba v Attorney General

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BY: Oswald K. Azumah*   ABSTRACT  A person charged with a criminal offence is presumed innocent until proven guilty and no person shall be made to suffer punishment unless they have committed a crime. These are salient principles of criminal law. Based on these, criminal law developed to grant compensation to persons wrongfully convicted and

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Lady sues Police Service, officer, and AG over brutality

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Judith Yaa Kumah, who lost part of her ear during a police investigation into an alleged robbery, has filed a lawsuit seeking GHC15 million in damages for human rights violations. Her lawyer, Mr. Andrew Khartey, has sued the Ghana Police Service (GPS), Corporal Clement Suputour (the officer involved), and the Attorney General (AG) as the

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Democracy Hub Protesters file suit against IGP, AG

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Thirty-two protesters from the Democracy Hub have filed a lawsuit against the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General and Minister for Justice, alleging violations of their human rights. They are seeking a declaration that the conduct of the Ghana Police Service in disrupting the peaceful protest violated Article 21(d) of the 1992

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Democracy Hub alarmed over relocation of detained protesters by Police

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Democracy Hub, organisers of the three-day #StopGalamseyNow and #ReoccupyJulorHouse demonstrations, have raised concerns regarding the relocation of detained protesters. According to the group, reports from the legal team indicate that protesters who were detained after the demonstrations are being transferred from their initial remand locations to undisclosed police facilities without prior notice or explanation to

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Court orders GHc45,000 compensation to each victim of Techiman South shooting

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The High Court in Wenchi has directed the state to pay GHc45,000 each as damages to six persons who suffered varying degrees of injuries during the shooting incident at the Techiman South collation centre in the 2020 polls. In the aftermath of the 2020 parliamentary election, disturbances erupted at the collation centre ahead of the

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Visually impaired PhD applicant sues KNUST; demands GHc1m for discrimination

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Isaac Anin Baah, a visually impaired PHD applicant whose admission was withdrawn twice by the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has sued the University for discrimination and neglect in its admissions processes. His suspicion of unfairness is fueled by the fact that he acquitted himself creditably while he offered a Master of Science

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