SAINT-AYISI SAMUEL

The Interregional Institute for Maritime Safety and Security (ISMI) has organised a Seminar on Maritime Terrorism in the Gulf of Guinea to be held on December 5 to 7, 2017 in Abidjan. A statement issued by ISMI indicated that the Seminar seeks to identify threats and risks linked to maritime terrorism specifically in the Gulf of Guinea and establishes the linkage between the on-going terrorism in the Sahel region, and their connection with piracy, armed robbery at sea and armed terrorist organization. The 2day Seminar will identify the responses to tackle maritime terrorism, comment the legal framework, and describe the existing entities for a better sharing of information system and inter-Agencies coordination in the Region. This will also include a session to brainstorm recommendations in this field, as part of national strategies, to prevent and fight such activities in the Region, and support responses by regional organisations. The statement said attendees ...

It is misconstrued by most people that committing crime in other country and seeking refuge in another country prevents an offender or accused form being prosecuted. Due to international treaties, conventions, charters and Memorandum of Understandings, criminals are able to be traced, arrested and transported from a particular country to the other for trial and prosecution. This process is called the extradition process. Extradition for international crimes is a formal process. This procedure transfers the person accused or guilty of a crime being transferred or surrendered to another country for trial, penalties or punishments. These actions are regulated and completed through treaty. They are conducted between the United States Federal Government and foreign nation governments. While this is similar to interstate rendition where the person is remanded to another state for trial, the international courts or the specific country of the person’s origin is used to ensure t...

WRITER (SAINT-AYISI SAMUEL) There have been several arguments by concerned citizens and other political stakeholders in relation to citizenship.   The diverse opinions and ideological perspectives as to who qualifies to be a citizen has created heated arguments by political actors on the media airwaves. The constitution of Ghana clearly explains how individuals qualifies to be a citizen in chapter three (3) of the 1992 constitution. Article 6 clause (1) of the 1992 constitution states that “Every person who, on the coming into force of this Constitution, is a citizen of Ghana by law shall continue to be a citizen of Ghana”. Clause (2) also states that “Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, a person born in or outside Ghana after the coming into force of this Constitution, shall become a citizen of Ghana at the date of his birth if either of his parents or grandparents is or was a citizen of Ghana”. Further elaborations in clause (3) also states that...

It is extremely heart breaking, worrisome and ridiculous if laymen on our principal streets are brutalized, tortured, dehumanized and coarsened by the police and other security service due to their ignorance of the content of the Criminal Code 1960 and the 1992 constitution on the activities of the police service. Central to this topical issue, it is important to know the modus operandi of the Ghana Police Service and their rules of engagement. There are several assertions in relations to the powers of the Ghana Police Service. To start with, there is a misconception about how the police carry out arrest. It has become a ritual for some policemen to just arrest an individual without explaining the reason for their arrest.     Article 14 clause 2 of the 1992 Ghana Constitution states that “A person who is arrested, restricted or detained shall be informed immediately, in a language that he understands, of the reasons for his arrest, restriction or...