Ghana Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Legal area

Court

10 Dec 2025

Darma v President of ECOWAS Commission (ECW/CCJ/APP/54/25; ECW/CCJ/RUL/05/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 43 (10 December 2025)

Citation

[2025] ECOWASCJ 43
Court

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Case number

ECW/CCJ/APP/54/25 ; ECW/CCJ/RUL/05/25

ECOWAS Court dismissed interim relief and expedited hearing, upheld jurisdiction, found the case admissible, and rejected African Charter claims against the Commission.
- Jurisdiction of ecowas court
- Admissibility of applications
- Exhaustion of internal remedies
- Provisional measures
- Expedited procedure
- Community staff regulations
19 Nov 2025

Party v Republic of Liberia (ECW/CCJ/APP/64/21/REV; ECW/CCJ/JUD/47/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 44 (19 November 2025)

Citation

[2025] ECOWASCJ 44
Court

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Case number

ECW/CCJ/APP/64/21/REV ; ECW/CCJ/JUD/47/25

Revision application inadmissible: no new decisive facts; Court said the filing sought to revisit legal and evidentiary conclusions already decided.
- Revision of judgment
- Fair hearing
- Right to property
- Admissibility criteria
- Revision-of-judgment
- Admissibility
19 Nov 2025

Kassoum v ECOWAS Commission (ECW/CCJ/APP/24/24; ECW/CCJ/JUD/46/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 41 (19 November 2025)

Citation

[2025] ECOWASCJ 41
Court

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Case number

ECW/CCJ/APP/24/24 ; ECW/CCJ/JUD/46/25

ECOWAS Court held that military personnel could be required to resign before permanent conversion and dismissed salary arrears claims for lack of proof.
- Conversion of contract staff to permanent staff
- Secondment of military personnel
- Exclusivity of employment
- Salary suspension
- Jurisdiction and admissibility of staff disputes
- Ecowas-employment-law
17 Nov 2025

Koiki v Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECW/CCJ/APP/46/21; ECW/CCJ/JUD/45/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 39 (17 November 2025)

Citation

[2025] ECOWASCJ 39
Court

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Case number

ECW/CCJ/APP/46/21 ; ECW/CCJ/JUD/45/25

Nigeria was found to have violated the right to a fair hearing within a reasonable time by failing to reconstitute the NHRC governing council and conclude the complaint.
- Right to fair hearing
- Delay in administrative proceedings
- Jurisdiction of human rights bodies
- State responsibility
- Fair-hearing
- Human-rights
10 Nov 2025

Ogueri v Federal Republic of Nigeria (ECW/CCJ/APP/13/21; ECW/CCJ/JUD/43/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 40 (10 November 2025)

Citation

[2025] ECOWASCJ 40
Court

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Case number

ECW/CCJ/APP/13/21 ; ECW/CCJ/JUD/43/25

ECOWAS Court found prolonged death-row detention under a mandatory hanging sentence amounted to torture and cruel treatment, and that medical care was inadequate.
- Right to life
- Prohibition of torture
- Right to health
- Death penalty
- Fair trial rights
- Detention conditions
10 Nov 2025

Les Ayants Droit De Feu Mahi Zadi Rene v Republic of Cote D'Ivoire (ECW/CCJ/APP/01/23; ECW/CCJ/JUD/44/25) [2025] ECOWASCJ 42 (10 November 2025)

Citation

[2025] ECOWASCJ 42
Court

ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
Case number

ECW/CCJ/APP/01/23 ; ECW/CCJ/JUD/44/25

Court found the alleged violations predated its human rights mandate and the applicable treaties, so the application was dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
- Temporal jurisdiction
- Non-retroactivity of treaties
- Continuing violations
- Right to liberty
- Right to family life
- Right to work
9 Oct 2025

Jack v United Republic of Tanzania (APPLICATION NO. 001/2019) [2025] AfCHPR 34 (9 October 2025)

Citation

[2025] AfCHPR 34
Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights
Case number

APPLICATION NO. 001/2019

African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights order striking out Vuyo Jack’s application against Tanzania for failure to pursue the case.
- Right to fair trial
- Presidential pardon
- Detention
- Striking out applications
- Diligence in prosecution
- Strike-out-applications
16 Sept 2025

ABUSUAPANYIN OSAFO MANU (SUING FOR HIMSELF AND ON BEHALF OF THE ASSONA FAMILY OF ASSIN BOMSOMADWE) VRS KWEKU [2025] GHADC 83 (16 September 2025)

Citation

[2025] GHADC 83
Court

District Court

Land title claim dismissed; plaintiff failed to prove the Kona Nifa family granted the disputed land back to him or to the Chief.
- Declaration of title
- Recovery of possession
- Injunction
- Damages for trespass
- Family land
- Customary transfer of land
16 Sept 2025

Manu and Another v Gyapong and Another (E1//HCKO/184/2023) [2025] GHACC 44 (16 September 2025)

Citation

[2025] GHACC 44
Court

Circuit Court
Case number

E1//HCKO/184/2023

Circuit Court land dispute over two plots at Assin Bosomadwe dismissed for failure of proof of title and customary grant.
- Family land
- Title to land
- Possession
- Injunction
- Trespass
- Customary transfer of land
15 Sept 2025

Nondo and Others v United Republic of Tanzania (Application No. 040/2020; Application No. 043/2020) [2025] AfCHPR 33 (15 September 2025)

Citation

[2025] AfCHPR 33
Court

African Court on Human and Peoples Rights
Case number

Application No. 040/2020 ; Application No. 043/2020

The interests of justice require that the Court consider all relevant legal developments, including recently enacted legislation; therefore, pleadings are reopened and the Respondent State's submission is deemed properly filed.
- Right to equality
- Right to be heard
- Pleadings reopening
- Effect of new legislation