ACTIVE
CASES.

Cases Democracy Hub is pursuing now, in the High Court, the Supreme Court and the ECOWAS Court.

SUPREME COURT OF GHANA

ARTICLE 75 · HUMAN RIGHTS
Order · February 2026

Democracy Hub v Attorney-General & Minister for Foreign Affairs

Ghana accepted West Africans deported from the United States under a memorandum of understanding that Parliament never approved. We ask the Supreme Court to declare it void under Article 75(2).

  1. 1 earlier steps on the case page
  2. October 2025FiledWrit filed at the Supreme Court
  3. 22 Oct 2025HearingInjunction application listed for hearing
  4. February 2026OrderSupreme Court orders the agreement disclosed
COURT
Supreme Court of Ghana
QUESTION
Parliament’s approval of international agreements
CONSTITUTIONAL · COUPS
Filed · February 2025

Convention People’s Party & Democracy Hub v Attorney-General

With the CPP, we ask the Supreme Court to strike down the 1969 decree that honours the leaders of the 1966 coup, including the naming of Kotoka International Airport.

  1. February 2025FiledWrit and statement of case filed
COURT
Supreme Court of Ghana
QUESTION
Can the state honour a coup?
COUNSEL
Merton & Everett LLP

HIGH COURT AND OTHER COURTS

ARTICLE 33 · HUMAN RIGHTS
Update · November 2026 HR/0059/2024

Democracy Hub & 33 Others v Inspector-General of Police & Attorney-General

Our application to enforce fundamental rights was struck out at a sitting none of the parties knew about. We asked the court to restore it; the case has since stalled.

  1. 1 earlier steps on the case page
  2. 9 Apr 2024OrderStruck out “for want of prosecution”
  3. 10 Apr 2024UpdateMotion to restore the case filed
  4. November 2026UpdateThe case has stalled
COURT
High Court (Human Rights Division), Accra
QUESTION
Enforcing fundamental rights
SUIT NO.
HR/0059/2024

ECOWAS COURT OF JUSTICE

REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS · NON-REFOULEMENT
Filed · 29 Jun 2026

Democracy Hub LBG v Republic of Ghana

On behalf of 27 West Africans transferred from the United States, we challenge their detention in Ghana and onward removal at the ECOWAS Court.

  1. 29 Jun 2026FiledApplication filed at the ECOWAS Court
COURT
ECOWAS Community Court of Justice
QUESTION
Detention and onward removal of protected people
COUNSEL
Merton & Everett LLP, with the Global Strategic Litigation Council and the Cornell Law School Transnational Disputes Clinic

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