Ghana: Ghanaian authorities too slow in upholding the rights of persons with disabilities says UN Committee
Ghanaian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) have welcomed the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (the Committee’s) concluding observations on Ghana and called on the Ghanaian...Concluding Observations, CCPR/C/GHA/CO/1, 8 July 2016: Ghana
C. Principal matters of concern and recommendations Discrimination based on sexual orientation 43. The Committee is concerned about reports that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons are subjected to discrimination, intimidation and harassment and about the...Report of the Special Rapporteur on the right to health, A/HRC/20/15/Add.1,10 April 2012: Ghana
III. HEALTH SYSTEM HIV/AIDS under NHIS 21. Although knowledge of HIV/AIDS in Ghana is high, this broad awareness has not translated into knowledge of HIV/AIDS prevention. While 98 per cent of women and 99 per cent of men have heard of HIV/AIDS, only 25 per cent of...
ICJ condemns detention of two Ghanaian lawyers
The ICJ’s Centre for the Independence of Judges and Lawyers (CIJL) has called on the government of Ghana to release two leading lawyers detained without charges.
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