The Supreme Court of Ghana has rejected an application seeking to halt the progress of the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021, commonly referred to as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
According to a report from myjoyonline.com, a nine-member panel of the Supreme Court, led by Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo, unanimously dismissed the application filed by Dr. Amanda Odoi, a Research Fellow at the Centre for Gender Research, Advocacy and Documentation (CEGRAD) at the University of Cape Coast (UCC).
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The court ruled that the plaintiff failed to provide sufficient reason to warrant an order to halt the parliamentary processes concerning the passage of the anti-gay bill. Additionally, Dr. Odoi withdrew the case of contempt she had filed against Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament.
Dr. Amanda Odoi, along with another Ghanaian, had previously sued Bagbin at the Supreme Court, urging the court to prevent parliament from passing the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill 2021.
The bill had recently undergone its second reading on July 5, 2023. It is currently at the consideration stage, where the House of Parliament will meticulously review it, clause by clause, and make any necessary amendments proposed by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee.
