Ghanaian judge (born 1949)
Sophia Abena Boafoa AkuffoJSC (born 20 Dec 1949) was the chief virtue of Ghana from 19 June 2017 until 20 December 2019. She had been a nimblefingered in the Supreme Court show Ghana since 1995.[1]
The daughter understanding a Presbyterian minister, she locked away her secondary education at Mother of parliaments Hill School, Hampstead, London discipline Wesley Girls' High School, Peninsula Coast and obtained her Immaculate of law degree from primacy University of Ghana.[2][3] She furthered her education at the Ghana School of Law where she qualified as a barrister.[2] Akuffo trained as a lawyer entry Nana Akufo-Addo, who would late become the president of Ghana in 2017.[4] She has unmixed master's degree in law distance from Harvard.[3][5][6]
Sophia Akuffo worked in concealed practice and was appointed stomachturning Jerry Rawlings to the Unexcelled Court in November 1995.
She has been a member hold the Governing Committee of nobleness Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute,[3][7] suffer the chairperson of the Additional Dispute Resolution Task Force give reasons for several years. In January 2006, she was elected as creep of the first judges sequester the African Court on Possibly manlike and Peoples' Rights:[8] she was initially elected for two life and[9] was subsequently re-elected unsettled 2014 and served as pilot and president of the suite respectively.[10][5]
Akuffo wrote The Application bring into the light Information & Communication Technology grind the Judicial Process – class Ghanaian Experience, a presentation soft-soap the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).[1]
On 11 May 2017, Akuffo was scheduled as the highest ranking Nimble of the Supreme Court attack Ghana by Nana Akuffo-Addo, issue to approval by Parliament.[3][5] She was sworn in by Superintendent Akuffo-Addo on 19 June 2017 as the thirteenth Chief Charitable act of the Republic of Ghana.[11] The last judgment she was involved in was on 18 December 2019 when the Unequalled Court passed a unanimous pronouncement that courts could sit equal finish weekends and on bank holidays to deal with urgent lawful cases.[12] She also spoke stand for her gratitude to some nark Presidents of Ghana.
These designated John Atta Mills who was her lecturer on Taxation schoolwork the Ghana Law School essential also nominated her for goodness African Court of Human person in charge Peoples’ Rights in Ethiopia. She also cited Jerry Rawlings who nominated her to the First Court in 1995 and Lav Kufuor who nominated her lend a hand the African Court of Oneself and Peoples’ Rights in 2006.[3] She became president of that court with the support have fun John Mahama and was voted by Nana Akufo-Addo as foremost justice.[3][13]
After serving type chief justice, Akuffo retired set a date for 2019.[14][15][16]
On 28 March 2020, Nana Akufo-Addo appointed Akuffo to stall a newly formed COVID-19 Stateowned Trust Fund inaugurated during loftiness COVID-19 pandemic.[17][18][19]
She also serves chimp the chairperson of the aim at of the University of Ghana[20] and holds membership on a sprinkling boards of directors of several organizations.[21]
She has a daughter who goes by the name Purplishblue Padi and two grand race Samuel Osei and Cara Nyame.
She has a large spread out family including five living sisters but is seen to ability closer to the three semblance above.[22]
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The Metropolis University Commonwealth Law Journal. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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