Dr. Justice Srem-Sai
Member
Dr. Justice Srem-Sai is the Deputy Attorney-General and Minister for Justice. Appointed in March 2025, Dr. Srem-Sai comes to the office with a strong law practice and academic background. He obtained his undergraduate degrees from the University of Ghana, and the Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law, after which he was admitted to law practice in 2011. He also holds postgraduate law degrees from the Cardiff School of Law & Politics (Wales, UK), Harvard Law School (Massachusetts, USA), and the University of Leeds School of Law (England, UK).
Immediately before his ministerial appointment, Dr. Srem-Sai was a Senior Lecturer in Public Law at the University of Ghana School of Law, Legon, where he focused his research and publication projects on exploring the boundaries of the constitutional rights of persons and corporations. In line with that focus, he has taught and supervised research on trending themes across constitutional law, human rights law, disability law, and the law of business organisations. Dr. Srem-Sai’s academic awards include the Open Society Foundations Scholarship grant (2012), the Harvard Law School Scholarship award (2013), the Emory Law School Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative award (2018), and the Leeds Law PGR Overall Outstanding Thesis of the year award (2021).
Beyond the walls of academia, Dr. Srem-Sai has, over the years, built a well-defined reputation as a passionate constitutional rights enforcement lawyer and civil right advocate. He has worked with several human rights defender organisation – including the Institute of Law & Public Affairs (ILPA), the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), the Defend Defenders Project, Democracy Hub, and the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) – to help secure justice for victims of police brutalities and other human rights abuses.