Young Peoples and Human Rights Ghana

Acting Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Anna Bossman has resigned. She was said to have tendered in her resignation letter to the presidency yesterday. Ms. Bossman confirmed her retirement to the media and said her decision to quit CHRAJ was to enable her to pursue “other interests”. She said it was the “right time” for her to move on and the “right thing” to do. “I wanted to do other things…At a certain age you decide to move on…I will work at other places, do human rights work,” she told Citi Fm. Speculations are rife that Ms Bossman quit the commission because of her inability to secure confirmation as the substantive boss of CHRAJ after acting in that capacity for a couple of times. After Justice Emile Short’s resignation last year December, it was widely speculated that Ms. Bossman would take over as Commissioner of CHRAJ but sources say a High Court judge has been appointed as the new commissioner and that might have triggered Ms.