Civil Society Organisations of Ghana engaged with the Human Rights Committee
First review of Ghana by the Human Rights Committee
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As Ghana is going to be reviewed for the first time ever by the UN Human Rights Committee, civil society organisations are engaged to participate in this process.
Their advocacy strategy started last year with an NGO national consultation followed by the submission of a comprehensive civil society coalition report to the HR Committee. 22 out of the 26 questions raised by the Committee in the List of Issues (LOI) on Ghana concern the topics addressed in the NGO coalition report.
This year, NGOs held a series of meetings coordinated by the Human Rights Advocacy Centre with the support of CCPR-Centre. The objective was to discuss the main concerns regarding the implementation of the ICCPR in Ghana and prepare an NGO coalition report in reply to the LOI.
"With all these efforts, there will be a coherent and collective response from the CSOs on the List of Issues from the United Nations Human Rights Committee, said Wendy Abbey - Human Rights Advocacy Centre "
