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Ziwu, at the Solicitor General\u2019s Office which is under the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice of Ghana.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The purpose of the meeting was to reiterate the importance of compliance and implementation of decisions of the African Court on Human and Peoples\u2019 Rights (the African Court) and regional human rights decisions in general, to ensure effective reparation for victims of human rights violations. Despite the fact that currently Ghana does not have any decision from the African Court that requires implementation, the challenge lies with the fact that Ghana recognizes judgments rendered by regional tribunals including the ECOWAS Court as foreign judgments, and such do not have binding effects on the State. A number of decisions from the ECOWAS Court against Ghana have not been implemented because of this same reason. \u00a0With the African Court falling within the same parameters, it can safely be assumed that when the African Court renders decisions that require compliance by Ghana, such decisions will be difficult to implement unless Ghana amend portion of its laws to reflect recognition of decisions of regional human rights judicial and quasi-judicial organs with the same binding effect as those emanating from domestic courts. The law in question that needs to be amended to redefine the meaning of foreign judgments in Ghana is part 5 of the Courts Act 1993 (ACT 459).\u00a0<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The African Court Coalition through its focal point in Ghana, Mr. Agbenu Doe, jointly with the leadership of the Ghana CSOs Coalition that was formed to work towards advocacy for implementation of the African Court decisions, have previously carried a number of initiatives in Ghana, including engagements with the Office of the Attorney General.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During the meeting, the Solicitor General, Mrs. Hellen A. Ziwu, who is the advisor to the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, exemplified readiness and commitment of her good Office to a continued cooperation with the African Court Coalition in its mission, and she also reiterated Ghana\u2019s commitment to the promotion and protection of Human Rights.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In that meeting, the Coalition was represented by Ms. Sophia Ebby (Coordinator) and Mr. Agbenu Doe who has been a long-time Coalition member. Also present in that meeting was Mrs. Vivian Ofori Agyakwa, Chief State Attorney at the Office of the Attorney General and Ministry of Justice.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the same mission towards enhancing implementation of decisions of the African Court, the Coalition also met with Hon. Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, a successful human rights activist and member of the Parliament of Ghana, and also a member of the African Court Coalition. The meeting that took place on 30 September 2025, focused on enhanced initiatives to engage the relevant specific parliamentary committees in Ghana in the efforts to ensure amendment of specific laws that act as a barrier to effective implementation of decisions of the African Court, and regional human rights decisions in general.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We commend the government of Ghana for its commitments in the protection of human rights and its championship in the region. Ghana is one of the seven States that have deposited Article 34 (6) Declaration of the African Court Protocol to allow direct access for its citizens to access the African Court. To ensure full commitment and compliance with decisions of regional human rights organs, the Coalition hopes that Ghana will take all the necessary measures to ensure that such decisions are recognized and given the same binding effect as those emanating from domestic courts.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This activity is implemented under the Raoul Wallenberg Institute (RWI) Regional Africa Program with the overall objective to increase implementation of human rights decisions, judgments, provisional measures and recommendations from regional and sub-regional bodies in Africa. It centres around enhancing the capacity of key organisations and institutions to, in a regional and national context, monitor and follow-up on the implementation of such decisions, judgements and measures.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"e-n-tab-content-2138726542\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-tab-title-2138726542\" data-tab-index=\"2\" style=\"--n-tabs-title-order: 2;\" class=\" elementor-element elementor-element-c864fe8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c864fe8\" data-element_type=\"container\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc925f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc925f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Accra, Ghana : Le lundi 29 septembre 2025, une d\u00e9l\u00e9gation de la Coalition pour la Cour africaine a rencontr\u00e9 la Solliciteure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale de la R\u00e9publique du Ghana, Mme Hellen A. Ziwu, au Bureau du Solliciteur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, qui rel\u00e8ve du Bureau du Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et du Minist\u00e8re de la Justice du Ghana.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">L&rsquo;objectif de cette rencontre \u00e9tait de r\u00e9affirmer l&rsquo;importance du respect et de la mise en \u0153uvre des d\u00e9cisions de la Cour africaine des droits de l&rsquo;homme et des peuples (la Cour africaine) et des d\u00e9cisions r\u00e9gionales en mati\u00e8re de droits de l&rsquo;homme en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, afin d&rsquo;assurer une r\u00e9paration effective aux victimes de violations des droits de l&rsquo;homme. Bien qu&rsquo;actuellement le Ghana n&rsquo;ait aucune d\u00e9cision de la Cour africaine n\u00e9cessitant une mise en \u0153uvre, le d\u00e9fi r\u00e9side dans le fait que le Ghana reconna\u00eet les jugements rendus par les tribunaux r\u00e9gionaux, y compris la Cour de la CEDEAO, comme des jugements \u00e9trangers, et qu&rsquo;ils n&rsquo;ont donc pas d&rsquo;effets contraignants sur l&rsquo;\u00c9tat. Un certain nombre de d\u00e9cisions de la Cour de la CEDEAO contre le Ghana n&rsquo;ont pas \u00e9t\u00e9 mises en \u0153uvre pour cette raison. La Cour africaine relevant des m\u00eames param\u00e8tres, on peut donc l\u00e9gitimement supposer que lorsque la Cour africaine rendra des d\u00e9cisions exigeant une conformit\u00e9 de la part du Ghana, de telles d\u00e9cisions seront difficiles \u00e0 mettre en \u0153uvre \u00e0 moins que le Ghana ne modifie une partie de ses lois pour refl\u00e9ter la reconnaissance des d\u00e9cisions des organes judiciaires et quasi-judiciaires r\u00e9gionaux des droits de l&rsquo;homme avec la m\u00eame force ex\u00e9cutoire que celles \u00e9manant des tribunaux nationaux. La loi en question qui doit \u00eatre modifi\u00e9e pour red\u00e9finir la signification des jugements \u00e9trangers au Ghana est la Partie 5 de la loi sur les tribunaux de 1993 (ACT 459).<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">La Coalition pour la Cour africaine, par l&rsquo;interm\u00e9diaire de son point focal au Ghana, M. Agbenu Doe, conjointement avec les dirigeants de la Coalition des OSC du Ghana, form\u00e9e pour \u0153uvrer \u00e0 la promotion de la mise en \u0153uvre des d\u00e9cisions de la Cour africaine, a pr\u00e9c\u00e9demment men\u00e9 un certain nombre d&rsquo;initiatives au Ghana, y compris des engagements avec le Bureau du Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lors de la r\u00e9union, la Solliciteure g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Mme Hellen A. Ziwu, conseill\u00e8re du Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et du Ministre de la Justice, a montr\u00e9 la volont\u00e9 et l&rsquo;engagement de son Bureau \u00e0 poursuivre la coop\u00e9ration avec la Coalition pour la Cour africaine dans sa mission, et elle a \u00e9galement r\u00e9it\u00e9r\u00e9 l&rsquo;engagement du Ghana \u00e0 la promotion et \u00e0 la protection des droits de l&rsquo;homme.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lors de cette r\u00e9union, la Coalition \u00e9tait repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par Mlle Sophia Ebby (Coordinatrice) et M. Agbenu Doe, membre de longue date de la Coalition. \u00c9tait \u00e9galement pr\u00e9sente \u00e0 cette r\u00e9union Mme Vivian Ofori Agyakwa, Procureure d&rsquo;\u00c9tat en chef au Bureau du Procureur g\u00e9n\u00e9ral et du Minist\u00e8re de la Justice.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dans le cadre de la m\u00eame mission visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la mise en \u0153uvre des d\u00e9cisions de la Cour africaine, la Coalition a \u00e9galement rencontr\u00e9 l&rsquo;Honorable Francis-Xavier Kojo Sosu, militant des droits de l&rsquo;homme et membre du Parlement du Ghana, et \u00e9galement membre de la Coalition pour la Cour africaine. La r\u00e9union, qui a eu lieu le 30 septembre 2025, s&rsquo;est concentr\u00e9e sur des initiatives renforc\u00e9es visant \u00e0 impliquer les comit\u00e9s parlementaires sp\u00e9cifiques pertinents du Ghana dans les efforts visant \u00e0 garantir la modification des lois sp\u00e9cifiques qui constituent un obstacle \u00e0 la mise en \u0153uvre effective des d\u00e9cisions de la Cour africaine et des d\u00e9cisions r\u00e9gionales en mati\u00e8re de droits de l&rsquo;homme en g\u00e9n\u00e9ral.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nous f\u00e9licitons le gouvernement du Ghana pour ses engagements en mati\u00e8re de protection des droits de l&rsquo;homme et son leadership dans la r\u00e9gion. Le Ghana est l&rsquo;un des sept \u00c9tats \u00e0 avoir d\u00e9pos\u00e9 la d\u00e9claration de l&rsquo;article 34 (6) du Protocole de la Cour africaine pour permettre un acc\u00e8s direct \u00e0 ses citoyens \u00e0 la Cour africaine. Pour assurer un engagement et une conformit\u00e9 pleins et entiers avec les d\u00e9cisions des organes r\u00e9gionaux des droits de l&rsquo;homme, la Coalition esp\u00e8re que le Ghana prendra toutes les mesures n\u00e9cessaires pour que ces d\u00e9cisions soient reconnues et re\u00e7oivent le m\u00eame effet contraignant que celles \u00e9manant des tribunaux nationaux.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Cette activit\u00e9 est mise en \u0153uvre dans le cadre du programme r\u00e9gional Afrique de l&rsquo;Institut Raoul Wallenberg (RWI) avec l&rsquo;objectif global d&rsquo;accro\u00eetre la mise en \u0153uvre des d\u00e9cisions, jugements, mesures provisoires et recommandations en mati\u00e8re de droits de l&rsquo;homme \u00e9manant des organes r\u00e9gionaux et sous-r\u00e9gionaux en Afrique. 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