| 词条 | Mabel Agyemang |
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| honorific-prefix =Her Ladyship Mrs. Justice/Her Ladyship Justice | name =Mabel Maame Agyemang (née Banful) | honorific-suffix = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_place =Ghana | nationality =Ghanaian | alma_mater =Ghana School of Law, University of Ghana, Wesley Girls' High School | occupation =Judge | profession =Lawyer, Judge }}Her Ladyship Mrs. Justice Mabel Maame Agyemang, née Banful (also Yamoa), is a superior court judge who has served in the judiciaries of the governments of Ghana, The Gambia and Swaziland.[1] She was the first female Chief Justice of The Gambia.[2][3] Judicial careerJustice Agyemang was called to the Ghanaian Bar in 1987 and joined the Bench shortly after. As a Ghanaian judge, she served in various judicial capacities and sat in a number of jurisdictions including Accra, Cape Coast, Koforidua, Kumasi, and Tema. She also served as vice-president of the Association of Magistrates and Judges of Ghana from 1996 to 2000.[4] She was elevated to the High Court in 2002.[5] She began working for the Commonwealth Secretariat as an expert judge in 2004, first being sent to The Gambia where she spent four years as a High Court judge.[6] During her four-year tenure in the Gambia, Justice Agyemang served the Land, Civil, Commercial and Criminal divisions and successfully completed about 365 files.[6] In 2008, she was seconded to Swaziland where she served for two years in a similar capacity.[1] Her cases in Swaziland spanned both private and public law and included cases on defamation, unlawful arrests, police brutality and electoral disputes.[1] One of her notable judgments in Swaziland was her judgment on the right to free education.[7] Justice Agyemang returned to The Gambia in 2010, still with the Commonwealth Secretariat, as an expert Appeal Court Judge.[8] She was appointed Chief Justice of the Gambia in August 2013.[3][9] Her appointment was widely seen as an inspired choice as she is seen by the international community as an experienced and independent minded judge.[10] She served until her abrupt removal in February 2014. There was no official reason given by the Gambian government as to the cause of dismissal.[11][12][13] It is suspected by many in the international judicial community that her dismissal was tied to differences over a human rights abuse case[14] and her insistence on judicial independence.[15] She currently serves as a Justice of the Ghana Court of Appeal.[16] In October 2015, while speaking at the opening ceremony of a new judicial complex in Accra, Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama cited Justice Agyemang as an example of highly respected judges within the Ghanaian judiciary.[17] Personal lifeJustice Agyemang is a devout Christian and is married with two children. References1. ^1 2 "Helping to deliver justice in Swaziland" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223101017/http://secretariat.thecommonwealth.org/news/34580/34581/219123/250110mabelagyemangcftcprofile.htm |date=2014-02-23 }}, Commonwealth Secretariat 2. ^"Editorial: Will Appointment of Ghanaian Justice Mabel Agyemang as Chief Justice bring Judicial reform in Gambia?", Gainako, 23 July 2013. 3. ^1 "Agyemang Confirmed Chief Justice" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812151045/http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/agyemang-confirmed-chief-justice |date=2013-08-12 }}, The Daily Observer. 4. ^Bakare Muritala & Momodou Bah. "Ghanaian judges introduced in the Gambia", GhanaWeb, 12 October 2004. 5. ^"Restore confidence in the Judiciary: JAK to Judges", GhanaWeb, 19 June 2002. 6. ^1 "Justice Agyemang Takes Leave of the Gambia", The Point Newspaper, 12 September 2008. 7. ^"SWAZILAND: Judge rules for free education", IRIN Africa, 25 March 2009. 8. ^"Four new judges sworn-in" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222051532/http://observer.gm/africa/gambia/article/four-new-judges-sworn-in |date=2014-02-22 }}, The Daily Observer. 9. ^"Ghanaian To Be Sworn In As The Chief Justice Of Gambia", Peace FM Online, 31 July 2013. 10. ^"British High Commissioner Comments on Appointment of new Chief Justice", The Point Newspaper, 12 August 2013. 11. ^[https://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2014/af/236362.htm?goMobile=0 "2014 Human Rights Reports: The Gambia"], US Department of State. 12. ^"Gambia’s Chief Justice Removed", Kibaaro News, 4 February 2014. 13. ^"Chief Justice Mabel Agyemang removed", The Point Newspaper, 6 February 2014. 14. ^"Judicial Independence and Human Rights Issues: Gambia", CMJA News (Newsletter of the Commonwealth Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association), Vol. 35, April 2014. 15. ^Sidi Sanneh, "One More Victim of a Patently Vindictive Dictator", 8 March 2014. 16. ^"President Mahama swears in five Court of Appeal judges", Daily Graphic, 8 January 2015. 17. ^[https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2015/10/09/avoid-tagging-entire-judiciary-as-corrupt-mahama/ "Avoid tagging entire judiciary as corrupt – Mahama"], Ghana Business News, 9 October 2015. See also
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