Restrain parliament from forwarding Anti-LGBTQ Bill to president-Gender activist to Supreme Court
She is specifically seeking an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Speaker of Parliament, Clerk, etc. from forwarding the bill to the President for his assent pending the final determination of the suit.
A gender activist, Dr. Amanda Odoi, has filed a suit at the Supreme Court challenging the passage of the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values (“Anti-LGBTQ”) Bill.
She is specifically seeking an interlocutory injunction to restrain the Speaker of Parliament, Clerk, etc. from forwarding the bill to the president for his assent pending the final determination of the suit.
“PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that Dr. Ernest Ako, Esq., Counsel for and on behalf of the Applicant herein, will move this Honourable Court on an application praying for an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the 1st Defendant/Respondent, the Clerk of Parliament, and their respective agents, servants, and assigns from forwarding the Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, which was passed by Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024 as the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2024 (“the Bill”), to the President for his assent, pending the final determination of this Suit upon the grounds set out in the accompanying Affidavit and for such order(s) as the Honourable Court may deem fit. A- 1,1,0(33 Court to be moved on the day of 2024, at 9 o’clock in the forenoon or so soon thereafter as Counsel may be heard.”
On February 28, 2024, the Parliament of Ghana passed the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values (“Anti-LGBTQ”) Bill. The bill is yet to be forwarded to H.E., the President, for assent. The passage of the bill has triggered reactions from some of Ghana’s development partners, international financial institutions, and CSOs in the country.
There is currently another pending suit at the apex court seeking to the court declare the passage of the Bill as null and void.
