Tag: Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice
CHRAJ reacts to excesses of COVID-19 Security Task Force
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Friday said the country was not in a conventional war situation for sections of...
Arrest parents of child-hawkers in the wake COVID-19, CHRAJ/NCCE
Two institutions have called for the arrest of parents and guardians who let loose their children to loiter or engage in hawking in the...
CHRAJ signs MOU with key accountability institutions
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on Wednesday in Accra signed a Memorandum of Understanding with ten accountability institutions to assist...
Reports of Human rights abuses, Victims becoming more Aware – Mrs Kpe
Mrs Thywill Eyra Kpe, the Central Regional Director of the Department of Gender has described the increase in reported cases of human right...
CHRAJ records more human rights abuses in Central Region
The Central Regional office of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) last year recorded a total of 667 human rights infractions...
Western Region CHRAJ calls for government support
Madam Afua Yankson, Western Regional Deputy Chief Investigator of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has expressed concern about the lack...
Hundred men in Central Region schooled on sexual, gender-based violence
The Central Regional Department of Gender has organised an intensive capacity building and empowerment workshop on Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) for 100 men...
EC inaugurates Eminent Advisory Committee
The Electoral Commission (EC) on Tuesday inaugurated a 21-member Eminent Advisory Committee to enhance engagement and interactions between the Commission and the Ghanaian Society,...
CHRAJ sensitizes Eastern Region House of Chiefs on Corruption
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has urged traditional rulers to develop and implement a code of conduct for themselves to...
Traditional leaders must make grounds slippery for corruption – CHRAJ
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has rallied the unalloyed support of all traditional and religious leaders to lead a strong...
ActionAid Ghana launches Young Female Platforms
ActionAid Ghana in partnership with some state institutions has launched the Young Female Platforms (YFP) project to build the capacities of 1,200 girls and...
CHRAJ, GII engage chiefs in the fight against corruption
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) and Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII) have engaged the Upper West Regional House of Chiefs on...
Ghanaians urged to use Whistle Blowers Act to fight corruption
Corruption crusaders at a stakeholders’ forum on; “Enhancing public accountability and environmental governance” have urged citizens to take advantage of the Whistle Blowers Act...
Fight against corruption should not focus on politicians alone – Chief
Naa Wilfred Dapillah II, the Chief of Sentu in the Lambussie District of the Upper West Region has stated that to win the corruption...
Short advocates formation of Coalition on “Conduct of Public Officers Bill”
Mr Justice Emile Francis Short, a former Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has advocated for the formation of...
Unreported corruption deepens poverty – Citizens told
Failure to report public officials who engage in corruption, amounts to the act of deepening poverty among the poor in the country.
Citizens have therefore...
NCCE sensitises people of Effutu Nsuekyir on Accountability, Rule of Law
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has called on the public to be bold to expose impropriety, wherever they...
It’s every Ghanaian duty to stand against corruption – NCCE
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has implored Ghanaians to join the fight against corruption as a civic responsibility to halt the wanton...
Undue delays in providing public services breed corruption
Participants at a stakeholders forum on enhancing Public Accountability and Environmental Governance have urged state institutions to urgently minimise the delays associated with rendering...
Weak and under resourced institutions hinder corruption fight
Mr. Michael Amoadzah, the Hohoe Municipal Deputy Director, Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has observed that anti-corruption institutions in the country...
Kumbungu NCCE sensitises community on corruption
The Kumbungu District Directorate of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) has sensitised members of the Chanzegu community on legal regimes related to...
NCCE engages three communities on Whistle Blowing Mechanism
The introduction of the Whistle Blower Act is one of the ways to encourage reports on wrong behaviours in the society and is key...
NCCE holds community durbar on whistle blowing
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in collaboration with the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has organized a day's sensitization...
Ghana’s Public Procurement Authority Boss Suspended
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has suspended the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Procurement Authority, Mr A.B. Adjei.
This follows the broadcast of the...
Ghana’s RTI Law Will Enable CHRAJ Portray Its Vision
The passage of the Right to Information (RTI) Bill into law would go a long way to help the Commission on Human Rights and...
Report Workplace Sexual Harassment In Ghana – CHRAJ
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is urging victims of sexual harassment at workplaces to report such cases to the right...
CHRAJ Condemns Attack on Times Journalists
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) has received with great exasperation information on assault on three Ghanaian Times journalists by police...
Stopping the Corruption Canker Eating Deep into Our Economy
The District Director of the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) in charge of the Builsa South District in the Upper East Region...
Local assemblies charged to Spearhead the Fight Against Corruption
Mr Charles Ayamdoo, Director of Anti-Corruption at the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAG) has called on Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies...
Respect the Rights of Individuals – CHRAJ
Mrs Nuhu Hahmatu, the Brong-Ahafo Regional Director of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has entreated the general public to respect...