General
One out of three women have suffered physical abuse- Ark Foundation
One out of three women have suffered physical abuse- Ark Foundation
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Asia
Afghanistan: Taliban unveil new rules banning women in TV dramas
A member of an organisation that represents journalists in Afghanistan, Hujjatullah Mujaddedi, said the announcement of new restrictions was unexpected.
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General
Samson’s Take: Corruption and side-chicks law
Passage of the witness protection law was the icing on the cake yet people who know are not using these legal tools to help fight corruption
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Africa
Uganda anti-pornography law dropped after backlash
Under the law, song lyrics and music videos could also be categorised as pornographic, with artists facing arrest and jail.
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Africa
Zimbabwe ruling party denies plan to ban miniskirts
The party accused an NGO allied to opposition party MDC for spreading the rumours.
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General
Domestic violence affects more women in rural areas -Police
The Northern Regional Coordinator of the Domestic Violence and Victims Support Unit(DOVVSU), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mr Emmanuel Holortu, has disclosed that Women and Children in rural environments experience more domestic an...
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General
Boldly resist and report domestic violence – Ablakwa admonishes women
Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament (MP) for the North Tongu constituency in the Volta Region has admonished women to resist domestic violence.
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General
AG to train RTI Commission staff on prosecution of offenders
The Commission has secured a fiat from the Office of the Attorney General relative to the prosecution of offenders under Act 989.
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General
Anti-LGBTQI Bill: We’ve not been sponsored by any donor agency, says Audrey Gadzekpo
“The bill violates virtually all the key fundamental freedoms guaranteed under the constitution, namely the right to freedom of speech and expression, the right to assemble, freedom of association and the right to organise, the right to fre...
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US
New York Appeals Court Overturns Harvey Weinstein's Rape Conviction
The Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 ruling, determined that the trial judge had made a mistake by allowing testimony from women not mentioned in the charges against Weinstein, leading to the order for a new trial.
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Africa
Zimbabwe: New marriage law give 'girlfriends' inheritance rights
Unlike in the past, the new law recognizes civil partnerships, which are not marriages but are recognized only for property sharing.
AllAfrica
Opinion
Harmonizing Customary Practices and Statutory Law: The Need to Amend Ghana’s Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29) to Recognize and Enforce Customary Offences and Sanctions Across Ghanaian Communities
This article argues that whilst Ghana’s statutory criminal law (via the Criminal Offences Act 1960 (Act 29) governs codified offences, it fails to formally recognise many customary offences and sanctions entrenched in Ghanaian communities....
Kofi Annan and Nana Adwoa Serwaa Dua-Adonteng Esq.
Supreme Court News
Court rules cannot revive a lost right of appeal — Supreme Court
The five-member panel, presided over by Justice Sir Dennis Adjei, ruled that where the statutory period for invoking an appellate court’s jurisdiction expires, the court cannot rely on general procedural powers to restore that right.
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Others
The principle of quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit
This article argues that the maxim quicquid plantatur solo, solo cedit has increasingly been relied upon by litigants as a shield to establish claims of possession through physical acts upon land, thereby exposing potential purchasers who f...
ENK Danquah-Acheampong, LLM, BL, LL.B. Lawyer | Legal Researcher | Author
Courts
Right to Dream triumphs over FIFA in CAS ruling on Nuamah transfer fees
The CAS ruling nullified FIFA’s earlier decision to award solidarity payments from Nuamah’s €25 million transfer to a Ghanaian club with limited influence on his footballing development.
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Africa
Lesotho: Death penalty for HIV rapists unconstitutional, top court rules
In particular, the court held that stipulating the death penalty for a convicted rapist, held to have known he was HIV positive at the time of the crime, infringed the constitutional right to freedom from discrimination and to a right to eq...
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General
247 RTI requests were received in 2021- Oppong-Nkrumah
Overall 247 requests were received and processed in 65 public institutions.
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Business
Execution of shares in Ghana: A Practitioner’s Guide
. The constitution must also specifically prohibit the separation of the legal and equitable interests in shares and by so doing out rightly prohibit the acquisition of any interest once there is a total disregard and non-compliance with th...
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Crime
Police investigate deaths of two women found in Tamale hotel room
According to a statement issued on Tuesday, August 4, the two women are believed to be nationals of Benin.
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Courts
FIDA Ghana petitions Chief Justice over RNAQ and wife divorce judgment, urges Judicial training
FIDA Ghana took particular issue with passages in the judgment that, according to the petition, referred to the petitioner as physically attractive and capable of remarrying at any time
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