Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu

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Justice
Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu
JSC, FGA
Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana
Assumed office
2020
Appointed byNana Akuffo-Addo
Personal details
EducationWesley Girls' High School
Alma mater
ProfessionJudge

Henrietta Joy Abena Nyarko Mensa-Bonsu, JSC, FGA is a Supreme Court Judge of the Republic of Ghana.[1] She was nominatted by president Nana-Akufo-Addo.[2][3][4] She is the 5th female member of the Court.[5][6] Prior to her appointment to the Supreme Court, she was a Ghanaian law professor who served as a member of the United Nations Independent Panel On Peace Operations.[7][8]

Career[]

Mensa-Bonsu is a professor and senior law lecturer at the University of Ghana school of law. Joy Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu attended Wesley Girls High School, University of Ghana and Yale University , obtaining a Master of Laws (LLM) in 1985. She became a full law lecturer at the University of Ghana in 2002, and in 2003 was elected as a fellow into the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.[3] She was elected President of the Academy in 2019.

She has used platforms available to her to advocate for peace to accelerate national development. She was the guest speaker at the Second Annual Peace Lecture put together by the Accra West chapter of the Rotary Club and the Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), where she spoke about the "need to nurture peace" without waiting "till the need arises for peace before we go for it".[7] She delivered the 2014 University of Ghana Alumni Association lecture on the topic "The African Union’s Peace and Security Architecture: A guarantor of peace and security on the continent”.[9]

In 2017, Mensa-Bonsu failed in her bid to be elected as a Judge of the International Criminal Court (ICC).[10] She was a member of the Presidential Commission of Enquiry which probed the Ayawaso West Wuogon by-election violence.[11][3][12]

Supreme Court appointment[]

Mensa-Bonsu was nominated by Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, the President of Ghana, in May 2020 for consideration for appointment to the bench of the Supreme Court of Ghana.[13]

Her name was submitted with other three judges by the president Nana-Akufo-Addo to Parliament for appointment into the Supreme Court bench. The others were Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga, Justice Issifu Omoro Tanko Amadu and Justice Emmanuel Yonny Kulendi.[3] She was approved by the Parliament after she was recommended by the Appointment Committee.[5][7] She was sworn into office by the President Nana Akufo-Addo.[14][15]

Personal life[]

Mensa-Bonsu is married to Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu and they have three adult daughters, five grandchildren, three foster sons and three foster grandchildren.[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "I shall demonstrate uncompromising fidelity to the Constitution – Justice Kulendi". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  2. ^ "5 key highlights from vetting of Supreme Court nominees". 13 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Vetting of Supreme Court Justice nominees begins today". Citinewsroom – Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content. 2020-05-11. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  4. ^ "The court is busy!". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  5. ^ a b "Four Supreme Court Justice nominees approved by Parliament". Citinewsroom – Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content. 2020-05-20. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  6. ^ "Justice Mensa-Bonsu joins Supreme Court Bench". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  7. ^ a b c "'Guard peace in the country' – Prof. Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu". www.ghanaweb.com. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  8. ^ "Prof. Mensa-Bonsu Appointed Member Of United Nations Secretary-General's High Level Independent Panel On Peace Operations. | University of Ghana". www.ug.edu.gh. Retrieved 2017-11-04.
  9. ^ Graphic, Daily. "Prof Mensa-Bonsu delivers 2014 Alumni Lecture today – Graphic Online". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
  10. ^ Eric Oteng (December 7, 2017), Female judges from Benin and Uganda join ICC africanews.
  11. ^ a b "Prof Henrietta Mensa-Bonsu". www.todaygh.com. November 17, 2017. Archived from the original on 11 August 2020.
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2018-05-06. Retrieved 2018-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ "Akufo-Addo nominates Henrietta Mensa Bonsu and 3 others to Supreme Court bench". Graphic Online. Retrieved 2020-05-12.
  14. ^ "Akufo-Addo swears-in Supreme Court Justices Mensa-Bonsu and Yonny Kulendi". Citinewsroom – Comprehensive News in Ghana, Current Affairs, Business News , Headlines, Ghana Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Articles, Opinions, Viral Content. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
  15. ^ "I'll serve Ghana – New SC judge Mensah Bonsu". www.ghanaweb.com. 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2020-05-29.
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