- Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo is concerned that judges don’t have the necessary training and tools to handle matters involving cybercrime. She has urged the passage of pertinent digital legislation to increase the judiciary’s capabilities in this area.
- The legislation will discuss important concerns impacting the judicial service, a delegation from the Joint Cyber Security Committee (JCC) and the Cyber Security Authority (CSA) met with the incoming Chief Justice.
- The Joint Cyber Security Committee (JCC), created in accordance with Section 13 of the Cyber Security Act, 2020 (Act 1038), is made up of eighteen institutions with the responsibility to work together with the CSA and the private sector to execute pertinent cyber security measures in Ghana.
- Despite the difficulties they encounter in the rapidly evolving cybersecurity field, Justice Torkornoo praised the judiciary for its role in interpreting and upholding the laws controlling the internet.
- She also raised worry about potential cyberattacks that would jeopardize the reliability and availability of the infrastructure supporting the Judicial Service as well as the absence of IT system standards and interoperability.
- The JCC’s chair, Dr. Albert Antwi-Boasiako, underlined the importance of include cybersecurity and cybercrime information in the curriculum for legal education in Ghana and judicial training at the Judicial Training Institute.
- The Judicial Service’s cybersecurity and cyberthreats aimed at the nation’s important information infrastructures were other issues brought up by the Director-General of the CSA.
- Justice Afia Serwaa Asare Botwe, who represents the judiciary on the JCC, praised the Chief Justice for her vision and leadership in expanding the judiciary’s access to cybercrime and digital evidence training.
