The right to property and compulsory land acquisition in Ghana : a human rights perspective

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Nyarko, Michael Gyan

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Edinburgh University Press

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Using a human rights-based approach and Ghana as a case study, this article examines the scope and content of the right to property in relation to compulsory land acquisition under international law. It argues that while the exact frontiers of the right to property remain quite uncharted at the global level the vacuum has been filled by the regional human rights systems and soft law. In the context of Ghana, the Constitutional protection of the right to property and quite elaborate rules to be followed during compulsory acquisition have not translated into revision of the compulsory acquisition laws, which remain largely incoherent and inconsistent with the requirements of the Constitution and international human rights law.

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Right to property, Compulsory land acquisition, International law, Ghana, Human rights, African Commission

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Nyarko, M.G. 2019, 'The right to property and compulsory land acquisition in Ghana: a human rights perspective', African Journal of International and Comparative Law / Revue Africaine de Droit International et Comparé, vol. 27, no/ 1, pp. 100-125.