Direct Communications

To prevent the abduction of a Ghanaian child from Ghana, Ghana police turned to the German embassy in Accra instead of communicating through the foreign ministry or bringing the matter to court, a Graphic Ghana report charges on November 20, 2006. The main thrust of the article is that the police surrendered the sovereignty of Ghana to a foreign embassy, in violation of procedures designed to channel communications with embassies. The writer detects a pattern which harms national sovereignty. -- Clemens Kochinke, Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe, LLP, Washington.

Wed, 15:43:19 22 Nov 2006 / Embassy Law Link

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