Trials in absentia

Ghana

Ghana - Constitution 1992 (1996) EN

CHAPTER 5. FUNDAMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
Part I. General

19. FAIR TRIAL
(3) The trial of a person charged with a criminal offence shall take place in his presence unless-
a. he refuses to appear before the court for the trial to be conducted in his presence after he has been duly notified of the trial; or
b. he conducts himself in such a manner as to render the continuation of the proceedings in his presence impracticable and the court orders him to be removed for the trial to proceed in his absence.

Rome Statute

Article 63 Trial in the presence of the accused

1. The accused shall be present during the trial.