118.63
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Make torture a criminal offence in accordance with the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
118.72
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Improve prisons and the living and health conditions in detention facilities and, in particular, end overcrowding and the lack of sanitation, enable easy visits by the relatives of children and prohibit and punish prison officers for acts of torture and ill-treatment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights violations by state agents
- Right to water and sanitation
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
146.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen implementation of legislation and policies aimed at ending harmful traditional practices, in particular child, early and forced marriage
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.31
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take the necessary action to publish the report of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment in order to assist a dialogue on the implementation of the Subcommittee’s recommendations
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
132.91
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Revise the legislation to ensure acts of torture are criminalized and punishable by penalties commensurate with the gravity of the crime
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
148.52
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Include a definition of torture in its Criminal Code incorporating all elements contained in article 1 of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
146.34
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Consider establishing the national preventive mechanism, with the necessary legal and administrative provisions for its effective functioning in full independence, and sensitizing prison and police officers on a human rights-based approach towards detainees
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
152.19.2
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.54
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Establish an inter-institutional dialogue to implement the recommendations of the Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
116.4
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Accede to the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.30
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Appoint independent and qualified members to the whole national preventive mechanism to enable the institution to function in accordance with the aims and objectives of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.18
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as soon as possible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.55
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Provide additional and adequate resources to the Ombudsperson’s Office, in order to enable the institution to perform the mandate of the National Preventive Mechanism effectively
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
116.5
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment as soon as possible
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
116.6
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Upon ratification, implement the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
107.62
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Take steps to guarantee the effective implementation of the national system to prevent torture, including by encouraging provinces to establish by law independent and adequately resourced local preventive mechanisms in compliance with the requirements of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
118.64
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Conduct prompt and impartial investigations into allegations of torture and ensure that anyone committing such a crime receives a punishment commensurate with the gravity of the act
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
118.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance efforts to implement the National Strategy on Gender Equality and Equity, including addressing the underrepresentation of women in decision-making bodies and eliminating harmful traditional practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
118.130
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen and implement measures to promote gender equality and equity, address the underrepresentation of women in decision-making bodies, gender-based violence and elimination of harmful traditional practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
118.153
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fast-track the implementation of the Children’s Code in order to curb harmful practices against children, including child, early and forced marriages, the sale of children and the killing of so-called “sorcerer’s children“
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
118.73
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Enhance efforts to implement the National Strategy on Gender Equality and Equity, including addressing the underrepresentation of women in decision-making bodies and eliminating harmful traditional practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
146.112
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Fully implement the Ghanaian Mental Health Authority’s announcement that it will abolish inhumane treatment of mentally ill people in prayer camps
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Right to health
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
146.135
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen its awareness-raising and education programmes, prevent and eradicate harmful traditional practices and ensure that victims have access to remedies and rehabilitation mechanisms
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Human rights education and training
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
146.159
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Encourage the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection to end the practice and harmful effects of child marriage and related cultural practices
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Women's rights
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
146.174
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Continue with the legal and administrative steps to finally prohibit fully corporal punishment of children
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 2 - Continuing action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Rights of the Child
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.32
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Appoint independent and qualified members to its national preventive mechanism to enable it to function in accordance with the objectives of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Detention
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
111.33
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Strengthen the framework of the National Office for the Prevention of Torture to ensure it is fully functional and able to investigate all reported cases
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 5 - Specific action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
161.127
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Expressly prohibit corporal punishment in all settings
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
152.133
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Legislate a specific definition of torture as recommended by the Committee against Torture in June 2017
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 4 - General action
- Response
- Noted
- Issues
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019
132.9
- Cycle
- Cycle 3 (2017 - 2021)
- Session
- 28 - November 2017
- State under Review
- Recommendation
Speed up ongoing processes leading up to the ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
- Recommending State
- Action Category
- 3 - Considering action
- Response
- Supported
- Issues
- International instruments
- Torture and other CID treatment
- Treaty bodies
- Date added
- Sep 26, 2019