Global Strategic Litigation Council

Lawyers filed a lawsuit at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice against Ghana for facilitating US deportations to unsafe countries, alleging violations of human rights laws. Deportees, many of whom had legal protections in the US, were sent to Ghana and then transferred to their home countries or Togo without documents.

Rights lawyers sued Ghana over a third-country deportation deal with the U.S., alleging the government violated human rights by deporting individuals to their home countries despite U.S. court protections. The lawsuit, filed at the Community Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, represents 27 people among 60 deported since 2025, some held in poor conditions and forced onward to their home countries.

Rights lawyers and advocates sued Ghana over a U.S. deportation deal, alleging it violates international law by forcing deportees to their home countries. The lawsuit, filed under a 1979 regional treaty, represents 27 people among 60 deported to Ghana since 2025, who claim they were held in poor conditions and sent to their home countries despite U.S. protections.

Rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea at Africa’s top human rights body, accusing it of deporting U.S. migrants to countries where they face persecution. The case involves 14 African migrants deported from the U.S. to Equatorial Guinea between November 2025 and April 2026, with advocates calling it a landmark challenge to third-country deportation practices.

Rights lawyers filed a case against Equatorial Guinea with Africa’s top human rights body, accusing it of violating rights by deporting U.S. deportees to countries where they face persecution. The case, led by groups like the Global Strategic Litigation Council, seeks to halt deportations and improve detention conditions, highlighting a pattern of third-country deportations by the U.S. under Trump administration policies.