[2008]DLSC15017 • July 16, 2008 • Supreme Court •
ADJEI-AMPOFO(NO2) vs. ACCRA METROPOLITAN ASSEI\1BLY & ATTORNEY-GENERAL(NO2)
The plaintiff, Nana Adjei Ampofo, a legal practitioner in Accra, instituted a suit seeking enforcement of Articles 151 and 2 of the 1992 Constitution concerning respect for human dignity. The suit challenged the continued use and construction of pan latrines in the Accra Metropolitan Area, arguing that such facilities violated constitutional human dignity provisions.
read moreConstitutional law - Constitution - Enforcement - Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms - Respect for human dignity - Abolition of construction of and discontinuance of use of pan latrines within five years - Consequential orders - Constitution, 1992, art 15(1) and (2). SOPHIA AKUFFO JSC delivered the following consequential orders pursu ant to the terms of settlement of the plaintiffs suit filed by both the plaintiff and the first defendant as previously ordered by the court. The plaintiff and the first defendant, having settled the matter herein (aimed at enforcement of article 15(1) and (2) of the 1992 Constitution relating to respect for human dignity) upon the terms set out in the terms of settlement filed in this court on 9 July 2008, it is hereby ordered that: (a) the first defendant shall phaseout the use of pan latrines in the Accra Metropolitan Area within five years maximum from 8 July 2005; (b) towards this end, the first defendant shall cause sufficient publicity ....