GENEVA (12 August 2021) – UN human rights experts* urged Ghana’s Government to reject a proposed ‘family values’ bill, saying it seeks to establish a system of State-sponsored discrimination and...

GENEVA (4 June 2021) – UN human rights experts* today condemned the arrest and alleged arbitrary detention of 21 people defending the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse (LGBT)...

GENEVA (16 December 2019) — The UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture announced it will visit Central African Republic in 2020, in addition to its previously announced visits to Argentina...

GENEVA/ACCRA (11 June 2019) — The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture has completed its first visit to Ghana from the 26th of May to the 1st of June 2019. The aims of the visit were...

GENEVA (24 May 2019) — The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture is set to carry out its first visit to Ghana from 26 May to 1 June 2019 where it will examine the treatment of people...

GENEVA (15 February 2019) – Ghana must ensure an independent, prompt and transparent investigation into the killing of journalist Ahmed Hussein-Suale Divela, say UN human rights experts*. “We call on...

Summary The Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination visited Ghana from 8 to 15 December...

GENEVA (December 5, 2018) — In the coming months, the UN’s Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture will visit Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Ghana and the United Kingdom, in addition to the already announced...

Summary Ghana remains a champion of democracy in Africa, with power having regularly changed hands democratically since 1992. In development terms, its record of achieving certain Millennium...