BIO

Raymond is a professor and senior law lecturer at the University of Ghana School of Law, where he teaches constitutional law; administrative law; Ghana legal systems and method; jurisprudence; conflict of laws; and several governance, human rights, and development seminars. Raymond is a Harvard Law School and University of Ghana, Legon, alumni.

 

He is an accomplished lawyer with over twenty years of experience in the fields of: constitutional governance and the consolidation of democratic gains; law and policy advocacy; human rights and human rights-based approaches to development; women’s rights, public policy reform (healthcare reform, natural resource governance, justice sector reform, security-sector reform); and community organising and mobilisation. 

 

Raymond has a strong understanding of the linkages and challenges between policy, law, governance, and development, and has published extensively in these areas. Over the past two decades, he has consulted widely for various governments (including the Government of Ghana, the Government of Liberia, the Government of Sierra Leone, etc.); international organisations (e.g. ECOWAS, DFID, USAID, and GTZ); and several UN agencies (such as UNDP, UNODC, UNICEF, UNHCR, ILO, and IOM) amongst others.

 

Raymond is currently the Dean of the University of Ghana School of Law and Board Chair, Law and Development Group. Raymond leads BRC’s strategy consulting projects.