Human rights centre relaunched
A high number of women and girls in the country are continuously subjected to alarming forms of violence, mostly perpetrated by intimate relations and this worrisome situation is tacitly condoned by society.
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The Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, in a statement delivered on her behalf at the relaunch of the Centre for Protection of Human Rights and Human Development in Accra, admitted that men and boys also faced some human rights abuses.
Nana Oye Lithur said the relaunch of the centre was appropriate, considering the fact that human rights abuses were on the rise in spite of numerous pieces of legislation to prohibit them.
Human Rights Organisations
“Human rights organisations (HROs), including the Centre for Protection of Human Rights and Human Development exist to act, among others, as a watchdog that contributes to the promotion and protection of human rights and social justice in our societies,” she added.
According to her, HROs also existed to promote a society where all individuals and groups would have the capacity to claim and enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms.
That, according to her, would be complementing efforts by stakeholders to create a just and humane society through active, free and meaningful participation in development.
Government machinery
“As government machinery mandated to ensure gender equality through mainstreaming gender considerations, promoting the welfare and protection of children, as well as empowering the vulnerable, excluded and aged and persons with disability, we would collaborate with significant stakeholders and organisations that are committed to defending the rights of Ghanaians,” she added.
The Executive Director of the Centre for Protection of Human Rights and Human Development, Lawyer Frank Badohu, said the centre was an advocacy outlet to promote and protect fundamental human rights as a global concept.
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According to him, the centre was in the process of setting up a public interest law institute that would be manned by lawyers with requisite training and passion for promoting and protecting human rights and public interest laws.
The Managing Editor for the Insight newspaper, Mr Kwasi Pratt Junior, relaunching the centre, applauded the founders of the centre for the bold step they had taken and their efforts to support the fight against human rights abuses in Ghana.
He encouraged them not to relent in their efforts and called for all hands on deck to deal with human rights abuses in Ghana.