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Friday, December 9, 2011

Human Rights Report 2011

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Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Committee, asked the Government is fully committed to building a more democratic society, promote human rights and civil liberties.

"Although Ghana has made substantial progress in building a democratic society and promote the observance of human rights and civil liberties, countries still have a long way to establish a cultural tourism for peace and human rights, it said." Commissioner Laureta Vivian female body Queensland pute, on Friday in Accra, Ghana, which is violation of human rights, made to commemorate the World Day of the human rights situation report, part of each year December 10.

This year's event will be observed that the theme is: "Discrimination and human rights defenders", and to promote the State's responsibility to ensure that the purpose of dialogue, based on the method of poverty reduction, economic growth and resource allocation of rights have been planning and implementation of policies employed to protect vulnerable groups.

Ms. Lamptey said the report pointed out that violent crime Kusasis and Mamprusis, police brutality, and lynching, the residents of Nakpanduri, the exploitation of children, discrimination against women and girls, torture, inhuman and degrading treatment of police violence, difficulties and suspected witches in the witch camps in northern Ghana.

She says the report shows, Ghana touted as the best performing economies in Africa, where poverty in 1992, 28% to 52% in 2006, the country is likely to reduce the poverty rate by 2015 one half .

Ms. Lamptey said, despite achieving the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, progress, poverty is almost popular in Ghana, there are a lot of work needs to be done to reduce poverty.

She said that the need for the state to ensure basic education, health and the fight against harmful cultural practices.

Ms. Lamptey said the fear that some educational institutions, especially in the basic schools in rural communities, lack of adequate infrastructure and teaching materials, and called on the government to ensure equitable distribution of community infrastructure.

She said that although some children did not go to schools to implement free and compulsory universal basic education.

Ms. Lamptey called on the government, corporal punishment, because many countries, including New Zealand and Australia have been aware of the harmful effects, erase and remove it from the legal code.

She said that the Committee on health, maternal health, infant mortality, elderly rights, dehumanization of cultural and religious practices, for housing and road traffic offenses.

Ms. Lamptey said that the Committee had received 162,794 complaints and six years to account for about 80% of cases settled by arbitration.

He expressed the hope that people will continue to have confidence in the Commission in the promotion of mutual coexistence.

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