Human rights in Ghana

Human rights are "rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled". Proponents of the concept usually assert that everyone is endowed with certain entitlements merely by reason of being human.^[1]

Ghana is a sovereign country in West Africa. It was a British colony until 6th March 1957, when it became the first country, south of the Sahara to gain independence. The fundamental rights of a Ghanaian has been enshrined in the Chapter 5 of the 1992 Constitution.^[2] Amongst some of the rights protected under the 1992 constitution includes, protection of right of life, personal liberty, slavery and forced labour, protection of privacy of home and other property and protection of fundamental human rights and freedom. It also provides for women and child rights, economic and educational rights. Not only these but also, rights of the sick, rights of the disabled and property rights of spouses.^[3]

^ Feldman, David (1993). Civil liberties and human rights in England and Wales. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-19-876232-4.
^ "Ghana's Constitution of 1992 with Amendments through 1996" (PDF). Constitution Project. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
^ The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992. Ghana: Assembly Press. 1996. pp. 12–17.

[1] Feldman, David (1993). Civil liberties and human rights in England and Wales. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-19-876232-4.

[2] "Ghana's Constitution of 1992 with Amendments through 1996" (PDF). Constitution Project. Retrieved May 8, 2023.

[3] The Constitution of the Republic of Ghana, 1992. Ghana: Assembly Press. 1996. pp. 12–17.

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