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November 18, 2024 Statement

Ghana: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

100th Pre-Sessional Working Group

July 29, 2024 News Release

Ghana: Supreme Court Upholds Colonial-Era Anti-LGBT Law

Upholds Harmful Criminal Provisions as Government Considers Even Worse Bill

Angele Maxine, opposing the Anti LGBT bill in Accra in November 2023.
July 12, 2024 Statement

Ghana: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

31st Session

May 8, 2024 Commentary

Ghana’s Support for New Free Education Treaty Crucial

Caption: Students reading in a classroom. Accra, Ghana, January 16, 2013.
March 12, 2024 Dispatches

Ghana’s Leaders Push Back on Anti-LGBT Bill

Major Figures Urge President to Veto Harmful Legislation

A demonstrator attends a rally against a controversial bill being proposed in Ghana's parliament that would make identifying as LGBTQIA or an ally a criminal offense punishable by up to 10 years in prison, Harlem, New York, October 11, 2021. 
March 5, 2024 News Release

Ghana: President Should Veto Anti-LGBT Bill

Violates Rights to Nondiscrimination, Freedom of Expression and Assembly

Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo delivers his annual state of the nation address to the parliament in Accra, Ghana, March 30, 2022.
December 12, 2023 Commentary

Ghana’s Anti-LGBT Push Will Harm Its Democracy

Parliament should withdraw the bill and uphold Ubuntu principles.

Protesters hold placards during a demonstration in Accra, Ghana against deteriorating economic conditions and fund mismanagement  in the country, on September 22, 2023. (c) 2023  NIPAH DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images
December 4, 2023 News Release

Ghana: Invest More in Mental Health Services

New Video Shows People Living Rich Lives with Community Support

Abena, a young woman with a psychosocial disability, walks along the seashore in Accra, Ghana.
October 31, 2023 Dispatches

A Path to Belonging for People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Ghana

More Support Options Needed

Pamela (not her real name), a woman with a real or perceived mental health condition, confined in a room at a prayer camp in Eastern region, Ghana, November 2022. 
October 30, 2023 News Release

Ghana: End Chaining for Mental Health Conditions

Support Monitoring, Housing, Independent Living, Job Training

Close up of a woman's ankle, with a chain around it.
February 6, 2023 News Release

UN Message to Ghana on Mental Health Care

At Human Rights Council, Countries Condemn the Practice of Shackling

Two men are shown having one of their ankles chained to a log-like structure.
January 18, 2023 Statement

Submission to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the Rights of the Child and Social Protection

January 2023

December 8, 2022 Dispatches

Shackled in Ghana for Mental Health Conditions

They Broke Her Spirit but Should Instead Break the Chains

A woman with a real or perceived psychosocial disability is chained in a room at Mount Horeb Prayer Camp in Ghana.
December 1, 2022 News Release

Ghana: Chaining People with Mental Health Conditions Persists

Enforce Ban on Shackling; Provide Community-Based Services

There are four people standing, all of whom have their ankles chained to restrict their movement.
September 6, 2022 Commentary

How Targeting LGBTQ+ Rights Are Part of the Authoritarian Playbook

Flags of the LGTBIQ community raise and wave as people gather to protest and celebrate the International Pride Day celebrations in Cali, Colombia, July 4, 2021. 

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