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Preparations are currently ongoing at the Law Court Complex in Accra as Ghana is poised to host for the first time, the external court session of the Community Court of Justice, (CCJ) ECOWAS, since its introduction in March 2007 in Mali.
Sixty (60) pending cases have been listed for the session and scheduled to take place at the Law Court Complex in Accra over 11 days, today, as per the Cause List
Judgments are scheduled for delivery in 25 of the cases listed for the external sitting in Accra while the remaining 35 are for hearing.
The external court session which is a key element of nthe ECOWAS Court’s annual work programme is being hosted by Ghana this year, in response to several requests.
“ The essence of the program is to bring justice to the common man at the Community’s
grassroots, especially the indigent citizens who could otherwise not afford the cost and logistics of travelling to the seat of the Court in Abuja to access justice,” the President of the Court, Honorable Justice Edward Amoako Asante said.
The President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is currently the Chairman of ECOWAS is expected to grace the opening ceremony.
The Chief Justice, the Speaker of Parliament, the Ghana Bar Association president, CHRAJ, Attorney General and Minister for Justice, Foreign Affairs minister are all expected to make statements
