High Court
Commercial Court
54
20
Human Rights Courts
Land Court
2
13
Economic/Financial
Court
Labour Court
Regional Tribunal
Crime
Circuit Court
Magistrate Court
3
3
3
66
161
Located in all 10 regions
Accra – 6 (Greater Accra)
Kumasi – 4 (Ashanti)
Sunyani – 2 (Brong Ahafo)
Koforidua – 2 (Eastern)
Cape Coast – 2 (Central)
Sekondi/Takoradi – 2 (Western)
Tamale – 2 (Northern)
Accra and Kumasi
Accra – 10
Kumasi – 3
Accra – 2
Kumasi – 1
Accra (2) and Kumasi (1)
Accra – 2
Kumasi – 1
Located in all 10 regions
Located in districts in all 10
regions
Source: Judicial Service, 2010
2.11.3 Justice-for-All Programme
The programme was initiated by the Judiciary to reduce congestion in prison facilities
across the country by freeing remand prisoners who had been behind bars for 5 years or
more. The programmes considered 245 cases at the Nsawan Prison, and placed 113
before judges/magistrates; 13 cases were struck out as they had been dealt with already;
63 individuals were discharged and 1accused person was convicted.
2.11.4 Court computerization
The technological capacity of the judiciary to dispense justice and enhance the rule of law
continued to be improved with the number of courts computerized increasing from 29.8
percent in 2010 to 37.0 percent in 2011. However, the average number of months for
resolving cases remained unchanged at 7 months (Table 2.9).
Table 2.9:
Court computerization and ADR cases
Percentage of courts computerized
Average number of months needed to resolve
2010
29.8%
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2011
37.0%
7
25