A/HRC/31/57/Add.2
Follow up report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and
other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
in this context on his follow-up visit to the Republic of
Ghana*
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ......................................................................................................................................
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II.
Legal and Institutional Framework to Combat and Prevent Torture and Other Ill-Treatment .........
4
A.
The prohibition of torture in national legislation .....................................................................
4
B.
Monitoring and inspection of places of detention ....................................................................
4
Assessment of the situation ..............................................................................................................
5
A.
Practice of torture and other ill-treatment ................................................................................
5
B.
Complaints mechanisms and investigations ............................................................................
5
C.
Legal safeguards and criminal justice reform ..........................................................................
6
D.
Prison Service ..........................................................................................................................
10
E.
Conditions of Detention ...........................................................................................................
11
F.
Death penalty ...........................................................................................................................
16
G.
Juveniles ..................................................................................................................................
16
Mental Healthcare Practices and Services ........................................................................................
17
A.
Mental Health Act and Mental Health Authority .....................................................................
18
B.
Psychiatric Institutions .............................................................................................................
18
C.
Prayer Camps ...........................................................................................................................
19
Conclusions and recommendations ..................................................................................................
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III.
IV.
V.
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Reproduced as received.