Tag: legal reform

UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has signalled that his government could reconsider controversial plans to reduce the number of jury trials in England and Wales, saying he has serious concerns ...

Legal practitioner and civil rights activist Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor has called on the National Democratic Congress government to take urgent action against what he describes as the growing criminalisation of ...

At a solemn ceremony at the Jubilee House, President John Dramani Mahama delivered a deeply reflective and inspiring address during the swearing-in of newly appointed High Court judges, urging them ...

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 ...

The issue of plea bargains in Ghana’s justice system has come under sharp criticism from lawyer and political activist Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor, who believes the current system is slowing down ...

Legal scholar Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare has voiced strong concerns over the arrest of social commentator Sir-Obama Pokuase, warning that the case highlights troubling patterns in the use of Section ...

HE President John Dramani Mahama has sworn into office seven newly appointed Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana in a solemn ceremony at the Jubilee House, calling on the ...

The persistent use of adjournment in Ghana’s criminal trials is once again under scrutiny, following a delay in proceedings related to the Sky Train case.  The case was postponed after ...

Legal expert Prof. Stephen Kwaku Asare has voiced concerns that constitutionalism is being gradually undermined in Ghana due to the unchecked dominance of cultural practices. As a Democracy and Development ...

Justice reform has moved to the forefront in Ghana, with Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare, a legal expert and Democracy and Development Fellow at CDD-Ghana, unveiling a bold new proposal known ...