The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana

State:Ghana
Date: May 8, 1992
Language:English
Status:Enacted
Version:PDF (Subject to verification by State)

Relevant Keywords

Compensation - national proceedings
Disruption of trial - removal of the accused
Fair trial standards
Language
National penalties - death sentence
Ne bis in idem
Non-retroactivity
Nulla poena sine lege
Nullum crimen sine lege
Presumption of innocence
Reduction of national sentence following pre-trial detention - national proceedings
Rights during investigation - access to interpreter and translation if questioned in other language
Rights during investigation - arbitrary arrest or detention and deprivation of liberty
Rights during investigation - informed of belief that crime has been committed
Rights during investigation - legal assistance
Rights during investigation - not to be subjected to any form of coercion, duress or threat, to torture or to any other form of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
Rights during trial - adequate preparation of defence
Rights during trial - burden of proof
Rights during trial - conduct defence in person
Rights during trial - counsel of accused's choosing
Rights during trial - examine witnesses
Rights during trial - informed promptly and in detail of charges
Rights during trial - interpretation and translation
Rights during trial - legal assistance
Rights during trial - tried without undue delay
Self-defence - national proceedings
Trials in absentia