Ghana: Information on the security features of the Gondar Barracks in Accra and how the military process an arrested person
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 May 1994 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | GHA17492.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Ghana: Information on the security features of the Gondar Barracks in Accra and how the military process an arrested person, 1 May 1994, GHA17492.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ac9e28.html [accessed 29 May 2023] |
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Information on the security features of the Gondar Barracks in Accra is currently unavailable to the DIRB in Ottawa, however the following information may be of interest. According to Europa 1993, the Special Military Tribunal is part of the Ghanaian judiciary and deals with criminal cases involving members of the Ghanaian armed forces (1993, 1264). According to a representative of the Ghanaian embassy in Washington, DC, military persons arrested by the military are dealt with according to Ghanaian armed forces regulations (23 May 1994). The representative advised that copies of these regulations can be obtained from headquarters in Accra. Although the representative could not describe the rules of procedure associated with such arrests, he stated that these rules are different from those in the civilian domain. The representative also stated that Ghanaian military rules of procedure were inherited from the British and are therefore similar to the rules of procedure in many other Commonwealth countries. The DIRB is unable to corroborate this information at the present time.
This response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
References
Embassy of the Republic of Ghana, Washington, DC. 23 May 1994. Telephone interview with representative.
The Europa World Year Book 1993. 1993. Vol. 1. London: Europa Publications Inc.
Attachment
The Europa World Year Book 1993. Vol. 1. 1993. London: Europa Publications Inc., p. 1264.
Other Sources Consulted
Department of National Defence library, Ottawa
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade library, Ottawa.
The United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Langley, Va.
United States Department of State, Washington, DC.
