The Ghanaian press on Thursday focuses on the planned passage of the law to deal with international crime by Ghana.
The Ghanaian Times reports that President Nana Addo Dankwa AKufo-Addo has hinted that the country will very soon pass a law to grant the state the power to implement the International Criminal Court (ICC) Rome Statute.
He said the law, when passed, would give Ghana the power to detect, investigate, prosecute and adjudicate some of the most serious international crimes under the Rome statute.
This will ensure that persons, who commit international crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of aggression will be prosecuted in Accra.
“Ghana remains committed to the obligation to the Rome Statute and ICC. However, we are yet to adopt the implementation legislation that will give effect to the Rome Statute domestically,” he added.
The Daily Graphic for its part, says the Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out a case filed by Alfred Agbesi Woyome, a businessman, to pay in installment, an amount of GH¢42 million ($80,000), which was awarded to him as judgment debt some time back.
His lawyer argued that he was bankrupt and could not afford the amount in question, which generated much public controversy.
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