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28 September 2018
GHANA
List of Documents
1.
General Information and Maps
Source:
United Nations. Cartographic Section.
Date of Document:
February 2005
Accessed Date:
23 January 2007
Title:
Ghana. L'Encyclopédie en ligne.
Accessed Date:
8 September 2016
Title:
Ghana. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
19 September 2018
Accessed Date:
25 September 2018
Title:
Country Policy and Information Note. Ghana: Female genital mutilation (FGM). Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
December 2016
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Country Information and Guidance. Ghana: Sexual orientation and gender identity. Version 1.0.
Source:
United Kingdom. Home Office.
Date of Document:
February 2016
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Ghana. Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
20 April 2018
Accessed Date:
23 April 2018
Title:
Ghana. Freedom in the World 2018.
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Ghana. Amnesty International Report 2017/18: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/1
Date of Document:
25 August 2017
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Compilation on Ghana
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 August 2017
Accessed Date:
13 September 2018
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Ghana
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
Accessed Date:
25 September 2018
3.
Identification Documents and Citizenship
Title:
Chapter Three: Citizenship. Constitution of the Republic of Ghana (amendment) Act, 1996.
Accessed Date:
30 September 2016
Title:
Update to GHA105228 of 15 July 2015 on the 'Certified Copy of Entry into Registry of Births' certificate, including additional information on its format and security features; whether the format has changed since 2009; authorized ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 October 2017
Accessed Date:
13 September 2018
Title:
The military identification card, including whether simple soldiers receive a different card than that of higher-ranking military personnel; whether the length of military service is defined by contract; the procedure for resigning without ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 February 2011
Accessed Date:
19 March 2013
Keywords:
identity documents; military service
Title:
Citizenship Act of 2000
Accessed Date:
29 September 2017
Title:
Ghana. U.S. Visa: Reciprocity and Civil Documents by Country.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures for obtaining a passport, both within and outside the country; types of documents accepted as proof of identity and citizenship (2008-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 September 2014
Keywords:
citizenship; identity documents
Title:
Availability of fraudulent identity documents, including instances of officials issuing fraudulent documents, including passports (2008-2013)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
3 January 2014
Accessed Date:
22 September 2014
Keywords:
corruption; crime; document fraud; identity documents; legislation; statistics
Title:
Requirements and procedures to replace a lost or stolen passport; whether applicants are fingerprinted to determine the issuance of previous passports; whether replacement passports have the same serial number as the one being replaced
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 April 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Keywords:
document fraud; identity documents; legislation
Title:
Guidelines for Acquiring A Republic of Ghana Passport
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a voter card; appearance, security features and information indicated on the card, including the voter ID number; incidents of fraud (2015-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 December 2017
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
4.
Political Activities and Organizations
Title:
Ghana. Parliament.
Source:
Inter-Parliamentary Union. Parline.
Date of Document:
30 January 2017
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Transformation Index 2018 Country Report: Ghana
Source:
Bertelsmann Stiftung
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Ghana General Elections of 7 December 2016
Date of Document:
11 April 2017
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Information on changes in the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership; treatment of members of the NPP members by authorities, National Democratic Congress (NDC) supporters, and intra-party conflict (2014-May 2016)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
27 May 2016
Accessed Date:
28 September 2016
5.
Gender, Domestic Violence and Children
Title:
Domestic Violence in Ghana: Incidence, Attitudes, Determinants and Consequences
Source:
Institute of Development Studies et al.
Date of Document:
July 2016
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
Ghana. Social Institutions and Gender Index 2014.
Source:
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
Accessed Date:
16 September 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; ethnic and national groups; family law; female genital mutilation; freedom of assembly; freedom of movement; gender equality; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; judicial efficacy; labour; legal system; legislation; marriage; medical records; minorities; police efficacy; police/security forces; religion; sexual minorities; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Beyond Domestic Violence Laws: Women's Experiences and Perceptions of Protection Services in Ghana
Source:
University of Ghana. Center for Gender Studies and Advocacy.
Date of Document:
6 July 2016
Author:
Akosua Darkwah, Mansah Prah
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
Situational Analysis of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Ghana – Synthesising Data to Identify and Work with the Most Vulnerable Young Women
Source:
United Nations Population Fund; Population Council
Date of Document:
August 2016
Page Numbers:
36-46, 70-92
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
National Strategic Framework On Ending Child Marriage In Ghana 2017 – 2026
Source:
Ghana. Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
Date of Document:
November 2016
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Domestic violence, including legislation, state protection and support services (2011-2015)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 September 2015
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Keywords:
children; domestic violence; family law; gender-based violence; institutional efficacy; legal system; legislation; marriage; police/security forces; sexual violence; social services; statistics
Title:
Ghana. State-Sponsored Homophobia 2017: A world survey of sexual orientation laws: criminalisation, protection and recognition.
Source:
International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Association
Date of Document:
May 2017
Author:
Aengus Carroll; Lucas Ramón Mendos
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Human Rights Violations Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) People in Ghana: A Shadow Report
Source:
Solace Brothers Foundation et al.
Date of Document:
August 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
“No Choice but to Deny Who I Am”: Violence and Discrimination against LGBT People in Ghana.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 January 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Ghana. Criminalisation of Homosexuality.
Source:
Human Dignity Trust
Date of Document:
25 October 2015
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
7.
Criminality and Corruption
Title:
Ghana. 2018 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Overseas Security Advisory Council.
Date of Document:
25 May 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Ghana: Tier 2. Trafficking in Persons Report 2018.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Conflict Trends (No. 58). Real-Time Analysis of African Political Violence, May 2017. Ghana.
Source:
Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project
Date of Document:
May 2017
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
8.
Military Service - (No items in this section)
9.
Judiciary, Legal and Penal Systems - (No items in this section)
10.
Police and Security Forces - (No items in this section)
Title:
Ghana. Freedom of the Press 2017.
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Ghana. International Religious Freedom Report for 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
29 May 2018
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Presence of cults or sects and consequences for refusing to join a cult; government attitude or response towards cults and/or any abuses committed by sect members (2004 - 2006)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
11 October 2006
Accessed Date:
19 March 2013
Keywords:
religion; tribes/clans
Title:
Trokosi: Slave to the Gods. Tradition and Culture in Africa: Practices that Facilitate Trafficking of Women and Children.
Source:
Dignity: A Journal on Sexual Exploitation and Violence
Date of Document:
January 2017
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
13.
Nationality, Ethnicity and Race
Title:
Consequences of refusing a fetish priest or chieftancy position, and whether there is state protection available
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
16 August 2012
Accessed Date:
19 March 2013
Keywords:
ethnic and national groups; religion; tribes/clans
Title:
Information on the chieftaincy dispute in Bimbilla, including the process for choosing a chief (1999-April 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
26 April 2017
Accessed Date:
15 September 2017
Title:
State involvement in chieftaincy matters, such as blood rituals for deceased chiefs and their successors, including legislation; consequences of divulging a secret ritual to another member of the same ethnic group, including the Kotokoli in the ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
2 May 2017
Accessed Date:
15 September 2017
14.
Exit/Entry and Freedom of Movement - (No items in this section)
15.
Labour, Employment and Unions - (No items in this section)
16.
Other - (No items in this section)
The following changes have been made to the previous package dated 30 April 2018:
Title:
Ghana. The World Factbook.
Source:
United States. Central Intelligence Agency.
Date of Document:
8 September 2017
URL:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/gh.html
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Ghana. Freedom in the World 2017.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2017/ghana
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Ghana. Amnesty International Report 2016/17: The State of the World's Human Rights.
Source:
Amnesty International
URL:
https://www.amnesty.org/en/countries/africa/ghana/report-ghana/
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
Ghana Reciprocity Schedule
Source:
United States. Department of State.
URL:
http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/fees/reciprocity-by-country/GH.html
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Guidelines for Acquiring A Republic of Ghana Passport
URL:
https://passport.mfa.gov.gh/guidelines
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
I. Political Transformation. Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2016 - Ghana Country Report.
Source:
Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung
URL:
http://www.bti-project.org/fileadmin/files/BTI/Downloads/Reports/2016/pdf/BTI_2016_Ghana.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Ghana. 2017 OSAC Crime and Safety Report.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
1 May 2017
URL:
https://www.osac.gov/pages/ContentReportDetails.aspx?cid=21767
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Ghana (Tier 2 Watch List). Trafficking in Persons Report 2017.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
June 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271194.htm
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
Ghana. Freedom of the Press 2016.
URL:
https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/2016/ghana
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Ghana. International Religious Freedom Report for 2016.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
15 August 2017
URL:
http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/irf/religiousfreedom/index.htm?year=2016&dlid=268654
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Concluding observations on the initial reports of Ghana
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Committee.
Date of Document:
9 August 2016
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/CCPR/C/GHA/CO/1
Accessed Date:
4 August 2017
Title:
The 'Certified Copy of Entry into Registry of Births' certificate; a description of its colour, size, and seals; whether the format has changed since 2006; procedures for renewal or re-issuance; who is authorized to sign the Register of Births ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
15 July 2015
URL:
http://irb-cisr.gc.ca/Eng/ResRec/RirRdi/Pages/index.aspx?doc=456006&pls=1
Accessed Date:
28 September 2015
Keywords:
children; identity documents
Title:
A study on violence against children with special focus on sexual exploitation and child sex tourism in Ghana. Insights from Kumasi metropolis and Asokore Mampong municipality in the Ashanti Region.
Source:
Defence for Children International
Date of Document:
June 2016
Author:
George Oppong Ampong et al.
URL:
https://www.defenceforchildren.nl/images/13/4671.pdf
Accessed Date:
28 September 2017
Title:
Basic profile of child marriage in Ghana
Date of Document:
March 2016
Author:
Chata Malé, Quentin T. Wodon
URL:
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/107481468179099453/Basic-profile-of-child-marriage-in-Ghana
Accessed Date:
28 September 2016
Title:
Ghana. Status of LGBTI People in Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana and Uganda.
Source:
Finnish Immigration Service. Country Information Service.
Date of Document:
3 December 2015
URL:
http://www.migri.fi/download/64429_Status_of_LGBTI_people_in_Cameroon_Gambia_Ghana_and_Uganda_3.12.2015.pdf?4037f57af28dd388
Accessed Date:
28 July 2016
Title:
Ghana. Bribery and Corruption 2017, 4th Edition.
Source:
Global Legal Insights
Date of Document:
16 November 2016
Author:
Esi Tawia Addo-Ashong, Johnnie Klutse
URL:
https://www.globallegalinsights.com/practice-areas/bribery-and-corruption/global-legal-insights---bribery-and-corruption/ghana
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
Ghana. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Volume I: Drug and Chemical Control.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268025.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
Ghana. International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Volume II: Money Laundering and Financial Crimes.
Source:
United States. Department of State.
Date of Document:
March 2017
URL:
https://www.state.gov/documents/organization/268024.pdf
Accessed Date:
8 August 2017
Title:
Follow up report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment on his follow-up visit to the Republic of Ghana
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
25 February 2015
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/31/57/Add.2
Accessed Date:
28 September 2016
Title:
National report submitted in accordance with paragraph 5 of the annex to Human Rights Council resolution 16/21
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/1
Date of Document:
25 August 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/1
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
Compilation on Ghana
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/2
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
28 August 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/2
Accessed Date:
13 September 2018
Title:
Summary of Stakeholders' submissions on Ghana
Code:
A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/3
Source:
United Nations. Human Rights Council.
Date of Document:
8 August 2017
URL:
http://undocs.org/en/A/HRC/WG.6/28/GHA/3
Accessed Date:
25 September 2018
Title:
Update to GHA105228 of 15 July 2015 on the 'Certified Copy of Entry into Registry of Births' certificate, including additional information on its format and security features; whether the format has changed since 2009; authorized ...
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
17 October 2017
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457244
Accessed Date:
13 September 2018
Title:
Requirements and procedures to obtain a voter card; appearance, security features and information indicated on the card, including the voter ID number; incidents of fraud (2015-December 2017)
Source:
Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Date of Document:
20 December 2017
URL:
https://irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/country-information/rir/Pages/index.aspx?doc=457332
Accessed Date:
20 September 2018
Title:
National Strategic Framework On Ending Child Marriage In Ghana 2017 – 2026
Source:
Ghana. Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
Date of Document:
November 2016
URL:
https://www.girlsnotbrides.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2017-2026-National-Strategic-Framework-on-ECM-in-Ghana.pdf
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
Title:
“No Choice but to Deny Who I Am”: Violence and Discrimination against LGBT People in Ghana.
Source:
Human Rights Watch
Date of Document:
8 January 2018
URL:
https://www.hrw.org/report/2018/01/08/no-choice-deny-who-i-am/violence-and-discrimination-against-lgbt-people-ghana
Accessed Date:
5 September 2018
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