JUDGMENT
AMEGATCHER JSC
INTRODUCTION
In 1991, a Committee of Experts convened to discuss proposals for creating a draft constitution for Ghana. They released a detailed report which included their views on fundamental human rights and freedoms. Their opinion on the topic was as follows:
“128. The National Commission for Democracy Report leaves no doubt that Ghanaians attach great importance to human rights. Human rights are universally regarded as inalienable and constitute the birthright of the individual as a human being. Therefore, no person may be deprived of his or her human rights.”
Ghana's unwavering dedication to protecting fundamental human rights and freedoms can be attributed to several factors, including our history of human rights abuses and the courts’ jurisprudence during these periods. One of the most significant cases contributing to the regime of human rights protections subsisting under our current constitutional dispensation is In Re Akoto and 7 Others [1961] 2 GLR 523,…