Tag: Ghana Judiciary

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) has come under the spotlight in a heated national debate about its constitutional status and responsibilities.  Legal experts are divided over whether the GBA, traditionally ...

Ghana’s Chief Justice nominee, Justice Paul Baffour Bonnie, has pledged to run an open and transparent administration if confirmed as head of the country’s judiciary.  He made the commitment during ...

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a Fellow at the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) and respected legal scholar, has called for decisive reforms as Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie awaits parliamentary approval ...

President John Dramani Mahama has nominated His Lordship Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie for appointment as Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana.  The nomination, announced on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, has ...

Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, a legal expert and Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana, has called for calm in the ongoing dispute between the Ghana Tertiary Education Commission (GTEC) and ...

The controversy surrounding the Chief Justice removal case has intensified as the legal battle over former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo’s fate takes center stage.  The former Chief Justice Torkornoo has ...

Kay Codjoe, volunteer associate at IMANI Africa and a well-known political commentator, has weighed in on the dramatic return of former Chief Justice Gertrude Araba Esaaba Sackey Torkornoo to the ...

The Ghana Bar Association (GBA) is facing mounting criticism over its recent condemnation of the removal of former Chief Justice Gertrude Torkonoo, with legal expert Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare calling ...

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana and an accomplished legal scholar, has strongly criticized what he described as needless theatrics in judicial reasoning when dealing ...

The recent bail denial ruling involving NPP’s Kwame Baffoe, popularly known as Chairman Abronye, has sparked intense debate about the balance between national security and civil liberties.  Abronye, who faces ...