Sophia Akuffo
| Sophia Akuffo | |
|---|---|
| Supreme Court Judge | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
Sophia A.B. Akuffo is a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Sophia Akuffo trained as a lawyer under Nana Akufo-Addo.[1] She has been a member of the Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute,[2] and the Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force. In January 2006 she was elected one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights:[3] initially elected for two years,[4] she was subsequently re-elected until 2014 and is at present serving as Vice-President of the Court.[5]
She has written The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process – the Ghanaian Experience, a presentation to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).
Judicial Writings
- New Patriotic Party v Attorney-General (also referred to as the CIBA case) 1997 ICHRL 24 (12 March 1997)
References
- ↑ Akufo-Addo for President '08
- ↑ Judge Sophia Akuffo
- ↑ Samuel M. Makinda and F. Wafula Okumu, The African Union: challenges of globalization, security, and governance, Routledge, 2006, p. 190
- ↑ African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Booklet
- ↑ The African Court Judges
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