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Democracy Hub drags government to Supreme Court over secret US deportation deal

Civil society group Democracy Hub has sued the Government of Ghana over an alleged secret deportation deal with the US, claiming it violates the Constitution and international law.

Emmanuel Mensah By Emmanuel Mensah Published October 14, 2025
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Civil society organisation, Democracy Hub, has dragged the Government of Ghana to the Supreme Court over what it describes as an unconstitutional and secret Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the United States of America on the deportation of West African nationals.

The group, through its lawyers Merton & Everett LLP, argues that the agreement violates the 1992 Constitution and Ghana’s obligations under international law, including the 1951 Refugee Convention, the Convention Against Torture, and the OAU Refugee Convention.

Filed on October 13, 2025, the suit seeks 28 reliefs, including a declaration that the MOU is unconstitutional and an order restraining government from implementing it. The group maintains that the agreement required parliamentary ratification under Article 75(2) but was secretly concluded without it, making it null and void.

Democracy Hub contends that, under the arrangement, 42 individuals have already been involuntarily repatriated into Ghana from the United States and detained under armed military custody at the Bundase Military Training Camp. The detainees were allegedly held for weeks without charge, access to lawyers, or basic facilities.

The group insists that detaining civilians and asylum seekers in a military facility is a gross violation of Articles 14, 15, and 19 of the Constitution, which guarantee liberty, human dignity, and fair trial rights. It described the treatment of the deportees as “inhumane and degrading.”

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Democracy Hub further argues that the MOU makes Ghana complicit in ‘chain refoulement’, a process where refugees are indirectly returned to danger through a third country, contrary to peremptory norms of international law known as jus cogens.

The organization maintains that even if Parliament were to ratify the deal, it would still be unconstitutional, as the Constitution does not allow Ghana to enter into agreements that violate fundamental human rights or international law.

“The Constitution is not a suicide pact. No government has the authority to secretly contract Ghana out of its human rights obligations,” the group said in its statement.

The Supreme Court has set October 22, 2025, for the hearing of an interlocutory injunction to suspend the implementation of the MOU pending the final determination of the case.

Democracy Hub says the legal action is aimed at protecting not only the individuals affected but also Ghana’s democratic integrity, constitutional supremacy, and reputation as a state governed by the rule of law.

Below is a copy of the press statement and writ.

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Final Supreme Court Writ-Filed.docxDownload

Source: Starrfm.com.gh

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