Law in Crisis

The University of Ghana School of Law, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is pleased to present the panel on Assessing the Impact Of COVID-19 on the Implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement: Which Way Forward? which was held on Thursday, 14th January 2021 at 1pm GMT via Zoom.  

Our Panel members were: 1. Mrs. Adelaide Benneh-Prempeh, Managing Partner – B&P Associates. 2. Mr. David Ofosu-Dorte, Managing Partner AB & David Law firm 3. Dr. Francis Mangeni, Consultant on Trade Promotion at the AFCFTA Secretariat 4. Mr. Prudence Sebahizi, Chief Technical Advisor on the AFCFTA and Head of the AFCFTA Negotiations Support Unit based in the Department of Trade and Industry, Africa Union Commission.

The Conversation was moderated by Augustine Kidisil, Lecturer, University of Ghana School of Law.

The University of Ghana School of Law, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is pleased to present the panel on The Dilemmas of The Right to Health Under the Covid-19 Pandemic/Ghana's Public Health Law and The Covid-19 Pandemic: Any Need for Legal Reform?” which was held on Tuesday, 5th January 2021 at 1pm GMT via Zoom.  

Our Panel members were: a) Dr. Divine Ndonbi Banyubala, Medico-Legal Expert and Bioethicist at the Medical and Dental Council, Ghana b) Elsie Hayford , Global Health Lawyer, Consultant and Policy Analyst  c) Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa, Head of the Commercial Law Department and the immediate past Vice Dean, Faculty of Law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) d) Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom, PhD Candidate, University of Cape Town  

The Conversation was moderated Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor , Former Minister Minister of Health, Minister of Interior and Attorney-General,

The University of Ghana School of Law, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is pleased to present a on “Re-Imagining the Place of Human Rights in Post-COVID-19 Ghana”.

The Panel members were: a)  Dr Nnenna Ifeanyi-Ajufo, Senior Lecturer, Swansea University School of Law; b)  Dr. Yonas Birmeta Adinew, Assistant Professor at Addis Ababa University (AAU) School of Law; c)  Mr. Michael Gyan Nyarko, Manager, Litigation & Implementation, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria; d)  Mercy Larbi, Deputy Commission, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (“CHRAJ”).

The Conversation was moderated by Wilhelmina Mensah, Director of the Africa Office of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)

The University of Ghana School of Law, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is pleased to present this panel on “Adapting Tax, Labour and Corporate Regulation to a post COVID-19 world: the fierce urgency of now”. 

The Panel members were: a)  Dr. Abdallah Ali-Nakyea, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana School of Law and Director, Ali-Nakyea & Associates; b)  Daniel Atwere Nuer, Head of Tax Policy Unit, Ministry of Finance; c)  Seth Asante, Partner, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets Practice Group/Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah; d)  Angela Gyasi, Partner, Pensions, Employment, Immigration, Business and Industry Practice Group, Bentsi-Enchill, Letsa & Ankomah; e)  Kingsley Owusu-Ewli, Tax Partner, PWC-Ghana.

The Conversation was moderated by Clara K. Beeri Kasser-Tee, Lecturer at the University of Ghana School of law and Head, Kasser Law Firm (KLF).

The University of Ghana School of Law, supported by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), is pleased to present a panel on “Gender and Politics:Women’s political status and representation in Ghana". 

The Panel members were:

a)  Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, Dean of the School of Information and Communication Studies, University of Ghana

b)  Professor Akosua Darkwah, Head of Department, Sociology

c)  Dr. Benjamin Kunbuor, Politician and Lecturer, University of Ghana School of Law

d)  Dr. Susan Adu-Amankwah, Public Health Pharmacist and Executive Secretary of the National Interest Movement (NIM)

The Conversation was moderated by Ms. Afia Appiah, Development Expert and Managing Director, Hedge Ghana.

This panel on “Reform of teaching and assessments in Legal Education in Ghana” was held on Thursday, 12 November 2020 at 1pm GMT  The Panel members were:  a) Professor Lydia A. Nkansah, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology  b) Dr. Atudiwe P. Atupare, Dean of the Faculty of Law, Cape Coast University  c) Coomerene Rodrigo, Teaching and Learning Developer, Lancaster University  d) Katherine Agblobitse, Vice President, Law Students Union, University of Ghana School of Law .

The Conversation was moderated by Mr. Kenneth Ghartey, Lecturer, University of Ghana School of Law

The University of Ghana School of Law, in partnership with the Law Students Union and the Writers Project of Ghana, is pleased to host renowned author and international law scholar Professor Philippe Sands for a discussion on his latest book “THE RATLINE: Love, Lies and Justice on the Trail of a Nazi Fugitive.   Discussants:  1. Fui S. Tsikata 2. Kinna Likimani 3. Martin Egblewogbe 4. Nii K Bentsi-Enchill 5. Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor 6. Aloysius Denkabe