A fundamental Freedom that this constitution gives all of us is the Freedom to Think, Believe in Something and Academic Freedom. To say that you have a Freedom of Thought is to say that every individual has the God-given right to exercise his thought on any subject, anything so long as you want to. No […]
The constitution states that the dignity of all persons shall be inviolable. This means that no person’s dignity shall be violated in any form or shape. As a rule, no person, whether or not he is arrested, restricted or detained, shall be subjected to further or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. This […]
On the 30th of May, 2017, we woke up to the gruesome news that a Captain in the Ghana Army had been lynched by Citizens of a certain town. Several videos have emerged showing Citizens committing the dastardly act. The most shocking of them all is the part of the video that shows a woman […]
The Freedom of Assembly includes the rights to take part in possessions or demonstrations. It is also a fundamental right given to every citizen. If a citizen is unhappy about things that are going on, the citizen reserves the right to demonstrate against those things. In fact, it is this law that has given rights […]
A child can commit an offense like an adult. A child is anybody under the age of 18 years. We know that sometimes a 16 or 17-year-old can commit the offenses of rape, stealing and even armed robbery. The question is, should we treat such a child who has committed the offense like how we […]
In this article we explain to you the principles for Fair Trial that any person accused of a crime should be afforded: Presumption of innocence until proven guilty: This is a fundamental principle of our criminal jurisprudence. Anyone who is accused of a crime should be seen as innocent until the Court establishes that he […]
The constitution says that any person who is arrested, restricted, or detained shall be informed immediately, in a language that he understands, on the reasons of his arrest, restriction or detention and of a right to a lawyer of his choice. The important aspect of this is the fact that the person being arrested should […]
Ghana is blessed with a lot of resources largely categorized under both human and natural among several other endowments, yet we lack behind so far as development is concerned. Why? What could possibly be the cause? The level of underdevelopment that has hit the country can largely be attributed to the emergence of corruption that […]
Developmental efforts have been pursued without adequate attention to ethical leadership and sound work ethics for some time now. The assumption is that if we have the right developmental policies/programmes and the availability of financial resources we will be able to accomplish our developmental aspirations and political manifestoes. Ethical leadership and sound work ethics have […]