The Director of Human Rights at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Dr Isaac Annan, has urged Ghanaians to charge institutions to work. Speaking at a two-day workshop for journalists on Ghana’s Obligations under International Human Rights Law, he stressed that institutions in Ghana are left unaccountable. He indicated that Ghanaians don’t compel CHRAJ on issues involving ...

The Coalition on the Right to Information has expressed disappointment at the slow pace at which Parliament has handled the consideration stage of the Bill so far, fearing that,  “history is not repeating itself.” The Coalition’s disappointment followed a pronouncement   by the Majority Leader of Parliament, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu on Wednesday July 25, 2018 at a press briefing in ...

A proposal has been made to the government of Ghana to consider the establishment of Disability Desks in all the country’s heath facilities to ensure easy accessibility by Persons with Disability (PWDs). Such initiative, according to stakeholders, would embolden Persons with Disability to access the health facilities without fear of discrimination, stigmatization and the use of denigrating languages against them ...

An abandoned dam project in the Ohawu community in the North Ketu District of the Volta Region is posing danger to the lives of residents, including farmers in the area. The construction in the irrigation dam was being funded with oil revenue to boost farming activities in the Ohawu community. This was contained in a research finding by a policy ...