In an application filed on the 4th day of July, 2025 numbered ECW/CCJ/APP/32/25 the Chief Justice of the Republic, Her Ladyship Gertrude Sackey Torkornoo seeks declarative reliefs to the effect that the removal process and her suspension are violative of her rights under the African Charter on Human and People's rights (AfCHPR) and harmful to her reputation.

In her application commencing her case at the International Court brought on her behalf by the respected Femi Falana of Falana & Fanala housed in Abuja, Nigeria, her Ladyship's application argues on the merits that the removal processes and her suspension are:

a) Violative of the Right to fair hearing, defence, and impartial tribunal per Article 7 of the AfCHPR

b) Violative of the right to dignity and protection from arbitrary measures

c) Violative of Article 4(g) and (j) of the ECOWAS Democracy and Good Governance Protocol: guarantees of judicial independence and security of tenure

Reliefs Sought

The Honourable Chief Justice therefore seeks the following reliefs:

a) A DECLARATION that the suspension of the Applicant as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana by the President of the Respondent's State on April 22, 2025 violated the Applicant's human rights to fair hearing guaranteed by Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples Rights.

b) A DECLARATION that the panel instituted by the Respondent to investigate and determine the allegations of misconduct against the Applicant was not constituted to guarantee its independence and impartiality and as such has violated the Applicant's human right to fair hearing guaranteed by Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

c) A DECLARATION that the purported suspension of the Applicant as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana by the President of the Respondent State on April 22, 2025 constitutes a violation of her human right to fair equitable and satisfactory conditions guaranteed by Article 15 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

d) A DECLARATION that the purported suspension of the Applicant as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana by the President of the Respondent State on April 22, 2025 has exposed her to public ridicule and odium locally and internationally and the said act constitutes a violation of his human right to dignity guaranteed by Article 5 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

e) A DECLARATION that by subjecting the Applicant to an illegal and an unfair investigation and trial since April 2025, the Respondent has inflicted injuries on her professional standing and image, thereby exposing her and her family to immeasurable public ridicule.

f) AN ORDER to the Respondent Republic to act immediately to prescribe the rule of procedure to govern the investigation of allegations of misconduct against the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana in conformity with the right to fair hearing guaranteed by the Constitution of Ghana and the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.

g) AN ORDER directing the Respondent to immediately lift the suspension and restore the Applicant to full office until the conclusion of fair constitutional proceedings.

h) AN ORDER restraining the Respondent from continuing with the purported inquiry for the removal of the Applicant as the Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana in its current form, until it conforms to fair hearing guarantees.

i) An award of USD 10 million as compensation for moral and reputational damages suffered by the Applicant as a result of her illegal suspension and unfair investigation.

j) Any other relief(s) as the Honourable Court deems

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