Nationality Ghanaian Name Sophia Akuffo | Role Judge | |
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Chief Justice's swearing in: Sophia Akuffo's full speech
Sophia Abena Boafoa Akuffo (born 20 December 1949) is the Chief Justice of Ghana and has been a Judge of the Supreme Court of Ghana since 1995.
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Akuffo trained as a lawyer under Nana Akufo-Addo. She has a master's degree in law from the University of Harvard.
Akuffo has been a member of the Governing Committee of the Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute, and the Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Task Force. In January 2006 she was elected one of the first judges of the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights: initially elected for two years, she was subsequently re-elected until 2014 and served as Vice-President and President of the Court.
Akuffo wrote The Application of Information & Communication Technology in the Judicial Process – the Ghanaian Experience, a presentation to the African Judicial Network Ghana (2002).
Akuffo was nominated as Chief Justice on 11 May 2017 by Nana Akufo-Addo subject to approval by Parliament. She was sworn in by President Akuffo-Addo on 19 June 2017 as the thirteenth Chief Justice of the Republic of Ghana.
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Family
Akuffo is from Akropong-Akuapem in the Eastern Region, has a daughter and two grandchildren.
