GAP ANALYSIS RESEARCH CONSULTANCY REPORT FOR THE LEGAL RESOURCES CENTRE-USAID JUSTICE SECTOR SUPPORT ACTIVITY

The system's use of technology in service-delivery, regulation, people-changing, and project technology is also evaluated. Additionally, the report examines how the system upholds or subverts the fundamental values of human dignity, truth, and fairness. A gap analysis of laws, policies, and policies of specified justice sector institutions is conducted. This includes a review of the laws and policies of the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, the Office of the Special Prosecutor, the Economic and Organised Crime Office, the Legal Aid Commission, the Ghana Police Service, and the Ghana Prisons Service. The report also conducts a gap analysis of specified justice delivery sector laws, including the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), the Human Trafficking Act, 2005 (Act 696), the Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act 732), and the Cyber Security Act, 2020 (Act 1038). Furthermore, a gap analysis of standard operating procedures is conducted, as well as a gap analysis of any other justice sector-related laws and policies. A scientific legal methodology is utilized for the qualitative legal analysis. The controlling apparatus is used to describe and interpret the legal framework. The report provides a descriptive overview of Ghana's criminal justice system, including the normative source, applicable statutes, and currency of applicable statutes. The institutional framework of the criminal justice system is examined, including the judiciary, the Attorney General and Minister of Justice, the Office of the Special Prosecutor, the Economic and Organised Crime Office, the Legal Aid Commission, the Ghana Police Service, and the Ghana Prisons Service. The report also conducts an interpretive analysis of legal gaps in the criminal justice system, including substantive and procedural criminal law. The analysis focuses on the Criminal and Other Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), the Human Trafficking Act, 2005 (Act 696), the Domestic Violence Act, 2007 (Act 732), and the Cyber Security Act, 2020 (Act 1038). The findings of the gap analysis are presented in a matrix format, highlighting the gaps identified in the laws, policies, and policies of specified justice sector institutions, as well as the specified justice delivery sector laws. The report concludes by providing recommendations for addressing the identified gaps and improving the criminal justice system in Ghana. The report is organized into five main parts, beginning with the introduction through to the conclusion. It is structured to reflect the substantive and procedural criminal laws in Ghana. The report assesses the criminal justice system of Ghana to understand the relative importance it assigns to substantive and procedural laws in a dual penal state. The report is structured to reflect the substantive and procedural criminal laws in Ghana. The report assesses the criminal justice system of Ghana to understand the relative importance it assigns to substantive and procedural laws in a dual penal state. The system's use of technology in service-delivery, regulation, people-changing, and project technology is also evaluated. The report examines how the system upholds or subverts the fundamental values of human dignity, truth, and fairness. The report provides a descriptive overview of Ghana's criminal justice system, including the normative source, applicable statutes, and currency of applicable statutes. The report examines how the system upholds or subverts the fundamental values of human dignity, truth, and