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• Introduction
• Historical background to the establishment of the National Reconciliation Commission
• The legal framework of the National Reconciliation Commission
• The National Reconciliation Commission in practice
• The National Reconciliation Commission in hindsight : an evaluation of its impact
• After the National Reconciliation Commission : the way ahead
• Conclusion

This book situates Ghana's truth-telling process, which took place from 2002 to 2004, within the discourse on the effectiveness of the different mechanisms used by post-conflict and post-dictatorship societies to address gross human rights violations. The National Reconciliation Commission was the most comprehensive transitional justice mechanism employed during Ghana's transitional process in addition to amnesties, reparations and minimal institutional reforms. Due to a blanket amnesty that derailed all prospects of resorting to judicial mechanisms to address gross human rights violations, the commission was established as an alternative to prosecutions. Against this background, the author undertakes a holistic assessment of the National Reconciliation Commission's features, mandate, procedure and aftermath to ascertain the loopholes in Ghana's transitional process. She defines criteria for the assessment, which can be utilised with some modifications to assess the impact of other transitional justice mechanisms. Furthermore, she also reflects on the options and possible setbacks for future attempts to address the gaps in the mechanisms utilised. With a detailed account of the human rights violations perpetrated in Ghana from 1957 to 1993, this volume of the International Criminal Justice Series provides a useful insight into the factors that shape the outcomes of transitional justice processes. Given its combination of normative, comparative and empirical approaches, the book will be useful to academics, students, practitioners and policy makers by fostering their understanding of the implications of the different features of truth commissions, the methods for assessing transitional justice mechanisms, and the different factors to consider when designing mechanisms to address gross human rights violations in the aftermath of a conflict or dictatorship. Marian Yankson-Mensah is a Researcher and Project Officer at the International Nuremberg Principles Academy in Nuremberg, Germany.
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• PREFACE
• ABOUT THE AUTHOR
• LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
• CHAPTER 1: NATURE, SCOPE AND CONTENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• 1.1 INTRODUCTION
• 1.2 THE ENVIRONMENT
• 1.3 WHAT THEN IS ENVIRONMENTAL LAW?
• 1.4 AN OVERVIEW OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
• 1.5 REASONS FOR CONCERNS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
• 1.6 SCOPE OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• 1.7 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND THE LAW OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
• CHAPTER 2: THE EVOLUTION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL LEGAL REGIME
• 2.1 INTRODUCTION
• 2.2 STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
• 2.3 THE MDGS AND SDGS
• 2.4 CLIMATE CHANGE
• CHAPTER 3: SOURCES AND PRINCIPLES OF ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• 3.1 BACKGROUND
• 3.2 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTIONS
• 3.3 CUSTOM AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.
• 3.4 JUDICIAL DECISIONS AND WRITINGS OF PUBLICISTS
• 3.5 SOFT LAW INSTRUMENTS
• 3.6 SOURCES OF NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW
• 3.7 CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE
• 3.8 CONCLUSION
• CHAPTER 4: GHANAIAN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: THE INTERNATIONAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL BASES
• 4.1 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW IN GHANAIAN JURISPRUDENCE
• 4.2 THE CONSTITUTION, THE JUDICIARY AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PERSPECTIVES
• 4.4 THE COMMON LAW RULES
• 4.5 THE CRIMINAL LAW AS A TOOL FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION CHAPTER 5: REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND THE GHANAIAN ENVIRONMENT
• 5.1 INTRODUCTION
• 5.2 ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION - AN OVERVIEW
• 5.3 THE NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY, 2010
• 5.4 THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
• 5.5 THE REGULATORY AND ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS OF THE EPA
• 5.6 POWER TO MAKE REGULATIONS
• 5.7 THE GHANAIAN EIA REGIME AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (IEL)
• 5.8 THE WEST AFRICAN GAS PIPELINE (WAGP)
• 5.9 PETROLEUM EXPLORATION AND TEIAS
• 5.10 INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL LAW TO THE RESCUE? THE EU EXPERIENCE: APPLYING TRANSFERABLE LESSONS
• 5.11 THE REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES
• 5.12 REGULATORY AUTHORITIES AND THE PROTECTION OF ANIMAL, HUMAN AND PLANT LIFE
• 5.13 RELEVANT INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS
• 5.14 RELEVANT GHANAIAN LEGISLATION ON ANIMAL HEALTH, FOOD SAFETY AND PLANT HEALTH REGULATION
• 5.15 THE REGULATORY REGIME-GAPS, CONFLICTS AND OVERLAPS
• 5.16 REVIEWABILITY OF ACTIONS OF THE REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
• CHAPTER 6: GHANAIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES
• 6.1 THE 1992 CONSTITUTION, THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 6.2 THE REGIME FOR LAND TENURE IN GHANA
• 6.3 INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR LANDS AND NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND UTILIZATION
• 6.4 THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FORESTS IN GHANA
• 6.5 THE INSTITUTIONAL, POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS
• 6.6 LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
• 6.7 THE FORESTRY REGIME: CONCLUSION
• 6.8 GAME AND WILDLIFE
• 6.9 MINERALS AND MINING
• CHAPTER 7: WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT
• 7.1 INTRODUCTION
• 7.2 SOME INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVES AND THE WATER SECTOR
• 7.3 THE VOLTA BASIN AUTHORITY CONVENTION
• 7.4 THE NATIONAL WATER POLICY (NWP)
• 7.5 RIPARIAN BUFFER ZONE AND WATER BASIN POLICIES
• 7.6 THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK: PLURALISM AND GHANAIAN WATER LAWS 7.7 THE IRRIGATION SUB-SUBSECTOR
• 7.8 WATER AND THE ENVIRONMENT: CONCLUSION
• 7.9 THE ENERGY SECTOR
• 7.10 SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS
• CHAPTER 8: CONVENTIONAL NORMS AND NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION: SOME GHANAIAN EXAMPLES
• 8.1 BACKGROUND
• 8.2 THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT
• 8.3 THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA: AN OVERVIEW
• 8.4 GHANA, UNCLOS AND THE MARINE POLLUTION PROBLEM
• 8.5 UNCLOS, INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS AND FISHERIES IN GHANA
• 8.6 THE INSTITUTIONAL AND LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORKS FOR FISHERIES IN GHANA
• 8.7 WETLANDS
• CHAPTER 9: BIOTECHNOLOGY AND THE GHANAIAN
• ENVIRONMENT: INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL DIMENSIONS
• 9.1 THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION
• 9.2 THE GHANAIAN BIOTECHNOLOGY REGIME
• 9.3 STATUS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY IN GHANA
• 9.4 THE FOOD SOVEREIGNTY CASE: SOME LESSONS IN BIOTECHNOLOGY LITIGATION
• 9.5 IMPLEMENTATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL TREATY NORMS IN GHANA: AN APPRAISAL
• CHAPTER 10: CONCLUSION
• BIBLIOGRAPHY.
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As a subject, Ghanaian environmental Law has been influenced by Ghana's participation in several treaty arrangements aimed at addressing contemporary international challenges such as climate change, marine pollution and conservation of biodiversity. The approach adopted in this book is to ascertain the extent to which Ghanaian environmental jurisprudence has been influenced by Ghana's participation in the various fora or treaty arrangements on the subject. In that regard, using examples from the marine environment, wetlands and biotechnology, an attempt is made to provide an insight into Ghanaian implementation of treaty norms and draws lessons for legislators and policymakers. The book has been structured to deal with basic doctrinal issues such as the nature, sources and development of Environmental Law; as well as other core aspects of the subject such as environmental justice. The role of regulatory bodies in environmental management and protection and the regulatory frameworks for the conservation, management and utilisation of natural resources are also discussed.
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• Income tax
• Taxable benefits of individuals
• Income tax rates and incentives under the Income Tax Act, 2015 (Act 896)
• Taxation of operations in specialised industries
• Investment guarantees
• Cross border transactions
• Administrative matters
• Taxation of gifts and gains from the realisation of assets
• Indirect tax
• Tax highlights

• 1. Introduction
• 2. International Arbitration and Ghanaian Scholarship
• 3. Dispute Settlement Provisions in Statutes, Treaties and GoG Contracts
• 4. Ghana's Experiences with International
• 5. Ghanaian Law as the Applicable Law in Arbitrations involving GoG
• 6. Enforcement of Arbitral Awards against
• 7. Conclusion Annex A - Extracts from Ghanaian Statutes Related to International Arbitration Annex B - Selected Bibliography.
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Since the dawn of the twenty-first century, at least twelve international arbitration claims have been submitted against the Government of Ghana (GoG). This is a significant number compared with what had previously been the case. To date, there has been little or no academic study involving the claims, the arbitral awards resulting from them, and their implications for Ghana. This book aims to fill that void. It examines GoG's experiences with international arbitration. It draws on lessons from those experiences, as well as the comparative insights extrapolated from other jurisdictions. The book focuses on arbitration between GoG and private foreign individuals, firms or corporations. It does not deal with interstate arbitration. The book examines: the nature of international arbitration the writings of Ghanaian scholars on international arbitration, the legal regimes and contractual mechanisms that make GoG amenable to international arbitration as a method of settling disputes between it and private foreign individuals, firms or corporations, the record of actual international arbitration claims that have been brought against GoG, and the awards that have resulted from such claims the reception and treatment of Ghanaian law as the applicable law in international arbitration claims the extent to which Ghana has implemented its international obligations with respect to international arbitration and, the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards against GoG within and outside Ghana.
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• CONTENTS
• Maps and Figures xiii
• Letter to the Reader xv
• Acknowledgments xvii
• A Note on Ghanaian Ideograms xix
• PART I
• THE GRAPHIC HISTORY 1
• Chapter 1: Abina Awakes 3
• Chapter 2: The Breaking of the Beads 15
• Chapter 3: The Truth 25
• Chapter 4: Life at Quamina Eddoo's House 39
• Chapter 5: He Did Nothing Good for Me 53
• Chapter 6: Abina Silenced, Abina Redeemed 65
• PART II
• THE TRANSCRIPT 81
• The Testimony of Abina Mansah ?
• The Testimony of Eccoah Coom ?
• The Testimony of Adjuah N'Yamiweh ?
• The Testimony of Yowahwah ?
• PART III
• HISTORICAL CONTEXT 95
• The Gold Coast, ca. 1876 99
• The British Civilizing Mission 104
• The Civilizing Mission in the Gold Coast 105
• Slavery in the Gold Coast 106
• The Atlantic Slave Trade and Abolition 107
• Abina Mansah and the Important Men 109
• PART IV
• READING GUIDE 113
• Whose Story Is This? 116
• Is This a "True" Story? 122
• Is This "Authentic" History? 130
• PART V
• ENGAGING ABINA 139
• Gendering Abina 141
• Was Abina a slave? 144
• Sandra Greene, "Who was Abina Mansah?" 145
• Kwasi Konadu, "Was Abina Mansah a 'Slave'?" 146
• Antoinette Burton, "Sex and Slavery in the 1876 Case of Abina Mansah" 147
• Reading Questions 149
• Introductory Questions, for Students at All Levels 149
• Questions for Students at the University or College Level 150
• Additional Questions for Advanced Undergraduate and Graduate Students 152
• Timeline 155
• Further Resources 159
• Abina Mansah 159
• Slavery and Abolition on the Gold Coast 160
• About Colonialism and the Gold Coast 161
• General Histories of Africa 162
• Imperialism and Colonialism 162
• Gender and African History 163
• Web Resources 164
• Preliminary Sketches 165
• Glossary 175.
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Winner of the James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association, and widely acclaimed by educators and students, Abina and the Important Men, 2e is a compelling and powerfully illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court. The book is a microhistory that does much more than simply depict an event in the past; it uses the power of illustration to convey important themes in world history and to reveal the processes by which history is made. The story of Abina Mansah-a woman "without history" who was wrongfully enslaved, escaped to British-controlled territory, and then took her former master to court-takes place in the complex world of the Gold Coast at the onset of late nineteenth-century colonialism. Slavery becomes a contested ground, as cultural practices collide with an emerging wage economy and British officials turn a blind eye to the presence of underpaid domestic workers in the households of African merchants. The main scenes of the story take place in the courtroom, where Abina strives to convince a series of "important men"-a British judge, two Euro-African attorneys, a wealthy African country "gentleman, " and a jury of local leaders-that her rights matter. "Am I free?" Abina inquires. Throughout both the court case and the flashbacks that dramatically depict her life in servitude, these men strive to "silence" Abina and to impose their own understandings and meanings upon her. The story seems to conclude with the short-term success of the "important men, " as Abina loses her case. But it doesn't end there: Abina is eventually redeemed. Her testimony is uncovered in the dusty archives by Trevor Getz and, through Liz Clarke's illustrations, becomes a graphic history read by people around the world. In this way, the reader takes an active part in the story along with the illustrator, the author, and Abina herself. Following the graphic history in Part I, Parts II-V provide detailed historical context for the story, a reading guide that reconstructs and deconstructs the methods used to interpret the story, and strategies for using Abina in various classroom settings. This edition adds crucial value to Abina's story and the reader's experience. These include: - new, additional testimony uncovered in the National Archives of Ghana - a gender-rich section in Part V that explores the Abina's life and narrative as a woman, focusing on such important themes as the relationship between slavery and gender in pre-colonial Akan society, the role of marriage in Abina's experience and motives, colonial paternalism, and the meaning of cloth and beads in her story. - a forum on the question of whether Abina was a slave with contributions by three senior scholars working from different perspectives: Sandra Greene, Antoinette Burton, and Kwasi Konadu .
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