Search results for "fundamental human rights"

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Crime
Govt entreated to support poor, vulnerable facing prosecutions
Vagrancy laws criminalise the status of the poor and homeless, and not necessarily what they have done. These include loitering and hawking,”
DL News30 August 2021
Africa
Sternford Moyo Breaks Record, Becomes First African To Emerge As New IBA President
The Chairman and Senior Partner of law firm Scanlen and Holderness, Sternford Moyo, has been announced as the new President of the International Bar Association (IBA).
DL News14 January 2021
Courts
Unlawful arrest: Man sues Ghana Police Service
According to him, following his arrest by officers of the Manhyia Palace police station, neither was he interrogated nor was his Caution Statement taken.
DL News12 January 2023
General
Marital property agreements will be possible under Property Rights of Spouses Bill – Minkah-Premo
Chairperson of the Executive Council of LAWA-Ghana, Sheila Minkah-Premo says the Property Rights of Spouses Bill when passed would give spouses the right to come up with marital property agreements concerning the ownership and acquisition o...
DL News23 February 2021
Crime
Human trafficking : 831 rescued, 32 prosecuted, 13 convicted in 2021
In all, about 70 security personnel drawn from Ghana Police Service, Ghana Immigration Service (GIS), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) and welfare officers from the Volta Region participated in the w...
DL News18 May 2022
Courts
Human Rights Court to rule June 18 on Ofori-Atta's challenge to OSP's ‘Fugitive’ tag
Ofori-Atta is asking the court to bar the OSP from describing him as a “wanted person” or a “fugitive from justice,” claims he argues infringe on his constitutional rights, including his liberty and freedom of movement.
DL News29 May 2025
General
UG School of Law honours advocate of PWDs
Mr. Okaikoi received this honor in recognition of his exceptional contributions to disability rights advocacy, entrepreneurship, and national development.
DL News18 November 2024
Tech
Is Artificial Intelligence Undermining The Legal System?
Globally recognised artificial intelligence expert Dr Lance Eliot explains how AI is undermining the legal system.
lawyer-monthly.com | Dr. Lance Eliot4 May 2022
General
GFD calls for amendment of local laws on disability
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which seeks to ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with disability was on December 13, 2006, adopted in New York at the UN Headquarters.
DL News5 April 2022
General
Leaving no one behind: Chief Justice, UNFPA mentor kayayei
There have been numerous success stories of Orange Girls who had been motivated and supported to return to school, successfully completed second cycle as well as tertiary institutions.
Graphic Online19 October 2021
Others
Social Media And Unorthodox Contracts ( Retweets, Likes And Shares For A Price Or Reward ) : Enforceable Or Not?
The central theme of the write-up is that traditional principles of contract law remain fully applicable in the digital era, such that social media promises involving likes, shares, or retweets can crystallize into legally enforceable unila...
DL News3 March 2026
General
OSP volating principles of fairness, dignity in Ofori-Atta case-Ansa-Asare
According to the former Director of the Ghana School of Law, the recent actions by the Office of the Special Prosecutor (OSP) are veering dangerously away from constitutional norms and the fundamental principle of presumed innocence under A...
DL News4 June 2025
Supreme Court News
Ambulance case: AG appeals acquittal of Forson, Jakpa at Supreme Court
In a ten-ground appeal, the AG is praying the apex court to set aside the decision and consequential orders of the Court of Appeal dated July 30, 2024.
DL News9 August 2024
Europe
Sweden's Quran burnings put freedom of expression law to test
A spate of Quran burnings in Sweden has badly affected the country's image abroad and led to a deterioration of the security situation at home, security service Sapo has warned.
BBC1 August 2023
Courts
Reasoning of the Wenchi High Court: Techiman South Parliamentary Election petition
On the fundamental issue of whether the petitioner garnered the highest number of valid votes, the court presided over by Justice Frederick Arnold Nawurah held that the petitioner had failed to discharge the burden of proof on the preponder...
DL News13 December 2022
General
Be concerned with more serious, fundamental problems within our justice system –AG tasks GBA
Speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Annual Bar Conference at Ho, Mr. Dame admitted that even though the Judiciary has its own problems, the Bar should be concerned about a number of challenges within the criminal justice system.
DL News12 September 2022
Courts
Assin North MP back to Court of Appeal ; Files appeal, Motion to re-list case
In his fresh writ, Hon. James Gyakye Quayson argues that “serious errors of law in the decision of the Court [of Appeal] on March 22, 2022” and that “if a stay is not granted in respect of that decision, it would amount to the Court of Appe...
DL News18 April 2022
General
Reforming local governance system
Clearly, the participation of political parties in the general election accounts significantly for such high voter turnout for these elections.
DL News6 September 2021
Courts
$15.3m judgment debt overturned
The judge upheld that the failure of Heritage Imperial Company to state the specific relief on its writ of summons was a fundamental defect.
DL News3 August 2021
Courts
$15.3m judgment debt overturned
The judge upheld that the failure of Heritage Imperial Company to state the specific relief on its writ of summons was a fundamental defect.
DL News2 August 2021