Yes / The emergence of globalisation has promoted human rights education, the
media and scholarly works have drawn attention to the issue of the rule of law and mob justice activities constantly recurring in developing countries. The
paper examines the effects of mob justice on the rule of law and democratisation in Africa using Ghana as a case study. The paper is of the view that mob justice has both negative and positive effects on the rule of law and democratisation in Ghana. This is because the legal and criminal justice systems in some societies are seen by citizens as illegitimate as they fail to punish suspected criminals
appropriately; thus, negatively destroying democracy and the image of the State. Positively, mob justice serves as a wake-up call for the State to take its
responsibility to protect the rights of its citizens seriously. The paper draws on
international human rights law in the light of international legal instruments,
such as the UDHR, ICCPR, and African Charter, as well as the 1992 Constitution
of Ghana and employs mainly the Tylerian procedural justice perspective, as well as Liberal democratic theory. It uses theoretical, critically analytical and
qualitative empirical evidence (based on semi-structured interviews from
purposive sampling of 15 expert opinions and relevant organisations with a keen interest in the subject matter) for the analysis. / Ghana Scholarship Board funded the research on the Rule of Law & Mob Justice in Ghana.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19475 |
| Date | 14 June 2023 |
| Creators | Ikejiaku, Brian V., Osabutey, J. |
| Publisher | PADOVA |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Article, Published version |
| Rights | © 2022 The Authors. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy., CC-BY-NC-SA |
| Relation | https://phrg.padovauniversitypress.it/2022/2/5 |
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