Decoding the Supreme Court Judgment on Article 108: A New Era for Private Members’ Bills in Ghana
By Elikem Gadzekpo On December 18, 2024 the Supreme Court unanimously dismissed two lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024 also known as the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill. The plaintiffs, a broadcast journalist and lawyer Richard Dela Sky and Dr. Amada Odoi, a lecturer at University of Cape Coast, brought the claim that the Bill violated Article 108 of the 1992 Constitution, which restricts Parliament from proceeding on bills that...
