Ghana's Supreme Court unanimously kept a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex on the books, rejecting a constitutional challenge to it.
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On 24 July 2024 a seven-judge panel of Ghana's Supreme Court unanimously dismissed a suit by University of Ghana law lecturer Dr. Prince Obiri-Korang against Section 104(1)(b) of the Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29), which criminalises 'unnatural carnal knowledge', including consensual same-sex conduct. He argued it violated rights to privacy, liberty and non-discrimination; the court found no merit and held the provision constitutional. Separately, Parliament's 'Human Sexual Rights and Family Values' bill passed in February 2024 but never received presidential assent, and a new version passed Parliament on 29 May 2026. As of reporting in June 2026 President Mahama said it still had a long way to go before becoming law, citing procedural lapses, and I could not confirm that he has signed it.
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