Tag: Ghana Judiciary

Lawyer and political activist Oliver Barker-Vormawor has sparked intense controversy with explosive allegations that place the judiciary at the center of deep-rooted corruption and unchecked privilege within Ghana’s legal system. ...

Amid calls to protect judicial independence, Ghana’s democracy faces pressure not only from political actors who test constitutional limits but also from internal threats within its own institutions. According to ...

In Ghana’s ever-evolving democratic journey, one thing remains clear: due process is non-negotiable. At the heart of this process lies audi alteram partem—“hear the other side.”  Accordingly, legal scholar and ...

Renowned Legal Practitioner Osagyefo Mawuse Oliver Barker-Vormawor has strongly criticised Ghana’s judiciary and anti-corruption institutions, following the controversial release and subsequent reversal of an order to free excavators impounded from ...

The ongoing destruction of Ghana’s lands, water bodies, and forests due to illegal mining (galamsey) continues to expose the nation’s systemic failures.  Recent developments, including a court decision granting bail ...

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare (Kwaku Azar), a Democracy and Development Fellow in Public Law and Justice at the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), has strongly called for strict adherence to ...

The ongoing legal and political debate surrounding the potential removal of Ghana’s Chief Justice, Gertrude Torkonoo, has intensified following President John Dramani Mahama’s referral of petitions seeking her removal to ...

Legal expert and Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana, Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare, has stated that the discontinuation of the Oliver Barker-Vormawor treason-felony trial should not mark the end of ...

he activist expressed disappointment, stating that Ghana has missed a critical opportunity to reform its anti-corruption mechanisms.

A petition has been submitted to President John Mahama, urging him to exercise his constitutional powers under Article 72 of the 1992 Constitution to grant a presidential pardon to William ...