CHIEF JERRY GONYON AND GHANA REFUGEES BOARD [2009]DLCHRAJ5987

Date	2009-11-09
Suit No.	CHRAJ/770/2000/1473
Citation No.	[2009]DLCHRAJ5987

JOSEPH WHITTAL

[2009]DLCHRAJ5987
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													<main id="main" class="content" style="min-height: 60rem" ><a name="_gjdgxs"></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">CHIEF JERRY GONYON<o:p></o:p>(COMPLAINANT)<o:p></o:p>AND<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Book Antiqua&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;
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color:#00B050">GHANA REFUGEES BOARD<o:p></o:p>(RESPONDENTS)<o:p></o:p>(CHRAJ)<o:p></o:p><div style="mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;
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</div>FACTS<o:p></o:p>&nbsp;The Complainant who is a
Liberian Refugee alleged in his petition that the respondents have connived
with the U.N.H.C.R., the camp Commandant and the Chairman of the Liberian
Welfare Council at the Buduburam Refugee Camp in the Central Region to deny him
and his family of twenty-two "Refugee status, shelter, food, humanitarian
assistance, political asylum and resettlement to a third country". He
therefore petitioned the Commission to intervene on their behalf.<o:p></o:p>PRELIMINARY
INVESTIGATIONS <o:p></o:p>The Commissioner per a letter dated 5 June, 2002 referred the
matter to the UNHCR for their intervention and assistance since they were the
appropriate body to handle this matter. The Commissioner also wrote to the
Minister for Interior and copied the Attorney General and Minister for Justice
about the plight of the complainant and his family. The Commissioner per this
letter requested for the assistance of the said Ministers in order to resolve
the matter once and for all.<o:p></o:p>OBSERVATION <o:p></o:p>The Commission observes that
since the initial efforts made by the Commissioner to resolve this matter as
aforestated, the complainant failed to inform the Commission about any
development in the matter, if any.<o:p></o:p>In any case Liberia has
returned to democratic rule. The complainant and his family may have
voluntarily re-availed themselves of the protection of their country of their
nationality since there exists no well-founded fear of being persecuted for
reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group
or political opinion. This might explain the reason why the Commission has not
heard from the complainant for so long. In the circumstances further
investigations is unnecessary.<o:p></o:p>DECISION <o:p></o:p>In view of this the Commission
ceases any further investigation into this matter in accordance with Section
13(1) b of the Commission on Human
Rights and Administrative Justice Act, 1993(Act 456).<o:p></o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p>

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