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Ghana: Group of Lawmakers ReIntroduce Controversial Anti-Gay Legislation
allAfrica, 3 March 2025
A group of Ghanaian MPs reintroduced the controversial anti-gay rights bill which stalled in 2024 after a decision by former president Nana Akufo-Addo not to sign it into law, the… Read more »
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Ghana: What Are the Legal Challenges to Ghana's Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill?
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 25 June 2024
Courts in Ghana are considering multiple legal challenges to the West African country's anti-LGBTQ+ bill with its top court due to deliver its first decision on July 27. Read more »
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Ghana: High Court Grants Motion to Expedite Hearing of Anti-LGBTQ Bill Case
Ghanaian Times, 10 April 2024
The High Court in Accra yesterday granted a motion to expedite hearing of the case in which the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi Constituency is seeking to compel President… Read more »
Ghanaian Lawmakers ReIntroduce Controversial Anti-Gay Legislation
The bill seeks to increase the prison term for same-sex relationships and also impose jail time for the "promotion and sponsorship" of LGBTQI+ activities. Former president Akufo-Addo did not sign it into law, although the proposed legislation was first passed by parliament in 2024.
President John Mahama has said he prefers a national consensus before "we decide to move that Bill forward".
InFocus
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Ghana's Justice Minister and Attorney-General Godfred Dame, has said that the anti-LGBTQI+ Bill is not unconstitutional but faces fundamental challenges. Read more »
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Ghana's Supreme Court has rejected two legal bids to block a controversial bill that punishes the country's LGBTQ+ community for engaging in sex Read more »
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In Ghana, a country where gay sex is punishable by up to three years in jail and where persecution of queer people is common, the new Anti-Gay Bill will go one step further - ... Read more »
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Speaker Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin explained that his decision stems from an earlier action taken by the Office of the President urging the Parliament to "desist" from sending ... Read more »
