The current 1992 constitution is available free of charge online (see also www.loc.gov/guide/ghana.html). The current 1992 Constitution is available free of charge online (see also WipoLex). In January 2010, the Government of Ghana established a commission to revise the 1992 Constitution. The Constitutional Review Commission submitted its report on 20 December 2011. In June 2012, the government published a White Paper on the report of the Constitutional Review Commission, which was submitted to the President, setting out its position on the report of the Constitutional Review Commission. Among the government`s positions was the creation of a committee for the implementation of the constitution. 2. In October 2012, Ghana`s Attorney General established a five-member Constitution Implementation Committee to prepare the people for a referendum on the enshrined provisions of the Constitution and to facilitate the adoption of laws amending unentrenched provisions of the Constitution. They would do the latter by drafting legislative proposals for legislative amendments recommended by the Constitutional Review Commission. The legality of the Constitutional Review Commission and the activities of the Constitutional Implementation Committee were examined in a legal dispute. However, in October 2015, Ghana`s Supreme Court rejected Asare v.
Attorney General`s application as unfounded by a 5-2 majority. In addition, the General Legal Board has established an independent Examination Board to administer the entrance examination procedure. This initiative was criticised and legal action was eventually taken to challenge the legality of the measures taken by the General Legal Council. The complaint, Asare v. General Legal Council, was decided by the Supreme Court of Ghana on 22 June 2017. The Court held, inter alia, that although section 14 of the Legal Professions Act, 1960 (Act No. 32) empowers the General Law Council to legislate and impose new conditions for admission to the Ghana Faculty of Law, it must do so by first amending its rules by means of a legal instrument. By introducing new admission conditions without amending its old legal instrument, the Council has acted unconstitutionally.
Meanwhile, Parliament is currently considering the Legal Profession Amendment Bill 2018, which aims to streamline legal education in Ghana. Article 11 states that Ghanaian law includes the Constitution, legislation, subsidiary or subordinate legislation, laws existing prior to the 1992 Constitution and, finally, common law. [18] This article defines where Ghanaian law originates from and where it is made in a broader sense. Article 11 sets out the contribution of each Government to legislation and justice. [19] Currently, the legal education system includes an academic component at one of the many public and private universities and colleges that offer law degree programs. Public universities are the University of Ghana Faculty of Law, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Law of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) and, since 2013, the Faculty of Law of the University of Cape Coast. The Faculty of Law of the University of Professional Studies Accra (UPSA) is the newest to join the Faculties of Public Law. Private institutions that now have programs designed to award LL.B.
degrees include Central University, KAAS University College, Lancaster University Ghana, Mountcrest University College, Wisconsin International University College and Zenith University College in collaboration with the University of London. The admission requirements for these public and private institutions are certain minimum passes for the West African Secondary School Certificate (WASSCE) examinations, the Upper Secondary School Certificate (SSSCE) examinations or the General Certificate of Education (GCE) at the ordinary and advanced levels. There is little tolerance for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in Ghana and many Ghanaians do not accept that such relationships exist. Certain sexual acts between persons of the same sex are punishable under a penal code, which can carry a prison sentence ranging from 3 to 25 years (although there is no record of this application). In May 2021, arrests were made at a rally of the LGBT community. In 1876, the Gold Coast Supreme Court Order (No. 4 of 1876) was passed. Article 14 of the Regulations provided that: The Ghana Faculty of Law organizes a special 9-month Bar Certificate Program for persons already admitted to practice in another common law jurisdiction. The main courses of the post-appeal programme are Criminal Procedure Law, Civil Procedure Law, Law of Evidence, Family Law and Practice, Law of Interpretation of Documents and Laws, Ghanaian Constitutional Law and the Ghanaian Legal System. The main campus of the Faculty of Law of Ghana is located in Makola, Accra.
It has now opened three more satellite sites, at the University of Ghana, Legon, KNUST Faculty of Law in Kumasi and GIMPA Law School in Greenhill, Accra. Due to the prevalence of nurturing LL.B. programs, Ghana`s Faculty of Law receives far more applicants than its institutions can accommodate. The Faculty of Law of Ghana has introduced an entrance exam and interview for prospective students. (6) The applicable law shall be interpreted with all amendments, adaptations, limitations and exceptions necessary to bring it into conformity with the provisions of this Constitution or to implement or bring into force amendments to this Constitution. (c) comes into force on the expiry of twenty-one sitting days after it is established, unless, before the expiry of the twenty-one days, Parliament repeals the Standing Orders, Standing Orders or Standing Orders with the votes of at least two-thirds of all the component Members of Parliament. Anti-LGBT rhetoric/hate speech from religious leaders, government officials, and local media can trigger homophobia against the LGBT community. LGBT people can be victims of physical and psychological violence.
Check out our information and tips page for the LGBT community before you travel. Currently, Ghana Law Reports remains the sole official rapporteur for Ghanaian cases. Published by the Council for Law Reporting, a statutory body under the Attorney General`s Office and the Ministry of Justice, it focuses solely on decisions of the Supreme Courts of Ghana. The publication file was incomplete. It was released between 1959 and 1968, 1971 and 2005, 2006 and 2007. and 2008 and 2009. There is no formal or informal compendium or compilation of treaties to which Ghana has acceded. For information on the multilateral treaties in force in Ghana, one can consult the multilateral treaties deposited with the Secretary-General.
New York: United Nations, 1982-. The 1992 constitution, as the supreme law of the land, provides for the division of powers between a president, a parliament, a cabinet, a council of state and an independent judiciary.
