A missed opportunity on the mandatory death penalty: a commentary on Dexter Eddie Johnson v Ghana at the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Andrew Novak
Abstract:ABSTRACT:
In March 2019, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights declared Dexter Eddie Johnson v Ghana inadmissible on the basis that the case had already been decided by the UN Human Rights Committee and therefore was ‘settled’ under article 56(7) of the African Charter. The UN Human Rights Committee had previously found Ghana in violation of its international human rights obligations by sentencing Johnson to a mandatory death sentence for murder, reaffirming a considerable body of comparative an… Show more
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