On 23rd September 2017, the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) will deliver its judgment in the Dispute Concerning Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary between Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire in the Atlantic Ocean (Ghana/Côte d’Ivoire)[1]. Hearings in respect of the substantive matter commenced on 6 February 2017 and...
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September 17, 2017July 24, 2025Arbitration, Book Review
Book Review: The Government of Ghana and International Arbitration
Professor Richard Frimpong Oppong of the Faculty of Law of Thompson Rivers University deserves commendation for adding on to the Ghanaian literature on arbitration. In his work “The Government of Ghana and International Arbitration”, he examines, in a deliberate and painstaking manner, a number of arbitral claims and awards made against the Government of Ghana....
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September 5, 2017July 24, 2025Case Summaries, Constitutional Law
Ghana’s Supreme Court Pronounces on Political Rights of Civil Servants
The Supreme Court of Ghana in the case of Civil and Local Government Staff Association of Ghana v. the Attorney-General & 2 Others[1] has held that a member of the civil service or local government cannot contest for elections, other than local government elections, or hold a political party position. In the unanimous view of...