Accra – Food Sovereignty Ghana (FSG), an advocacy movement against Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) in Ghana, appeared before the Supreme Court today in a case in which one of the defendants sought to challenge a High Court ruling on the court’s jurisdiction to hear a petition brought before it by FSG and three others. In […]
The Accra Human Rights High Court hearing the suit against the commercialization of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) has ruled that the parties go for the determination of the motion to stay proceedings at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday, 28th March. The case, Food Sovereignty Ghana & 3 ors Vs National Biosafety Committee & 4 ors,
Food Sovereignty Ghana calls on Parliament to completely withdraw the UPOV-compliant Plant Breeders’ Bill and replace it with a “sui generis” plant variety protection (PVP) system suitable to our conditions. This call has become necessary in the light of the announcement by Parliament to provide “organisations and the general public the unique opportunity to have
Food Sovereignty Ghana calls on the Speaker to order publication of a report on the “consultations” that the Select-Committee on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs undertook, following his request for “further consultations” with stake-holders on the Plant Breeders’ Bill when it came before the House on 11th November, 2014. This call follows rather strange
Food Sovereignty Ghana organized a Press conference today to announce their intention to appeal against the ruling by the Human Rights court, Accra dismissing their application for Interlocutory Injunction on the commercial release of Bt Cowpea and GM rice. Below is the statement: FSG Press Conference Statement, Tuesday, 11 November, 2015, at the International
