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Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana
Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) University of Pretoria, 2021.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/82876 Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana Machava, Almeida nahajaadam@yahoo.com Probert, Thomas Adam, Nahaja R. UCTD Mini Dissertation (LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa)) University of Pretoria, 2021. Extrajudicial killings, excessive use of force and violence by the Ghanaian police and military have become prevalent in Ghana and during the enforcement of COVID 19 directives, this was not any different. This research discusses the law of use of force by law enforcement and argues that Ghana's laws are not compatible with international standards. The research further discusses policing in Ghana and how the existing internal and external accountability mechanisms can be used to pursue accountability for unlawful killings by state agents. A case is made for the amendment of article 13 of the 1992 constitution and the creation of an independent oversight body that deals solely with cases of excessive use of force and violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana. Centre for Human Rights LLM (Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa) Unrestricted 2021-11-29T12:20:12Z 2021-11-29T12:20:12Z 2021-12-10 2021-10-27 Mini Dissertation * D2021 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82876 © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana |
| title | Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana |
| title_full | Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana |
| title_short | Accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in Ghana |
| title_sort | accountability for violations of the right to life by state agents in ghana |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/82876 |