A/HRC/25/60/Add.1
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
5 March 2014
English only
Human Rights Council
Twenty-fifth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Report of the Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel,
inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,
Juan E. Méndez
Addendum
Mission to Ghana*
Summary
The Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment
or punishment undertook a visit to Ghana from 8 to 14 November 2013.
The Special Rapporteur expresses his appreciation to the Government for its
willingness to open Ghana to an independent and objective scrutiny of its human rights
situation, particularly in regard to a number of critical issues in its criminal justice system
and mental health-care practices. He hopes the Government will find his recommendations
a useful tool for engaging in a constructive dialogue with all interlocutors to strengthen
legal safeguards and improve the living conditions of those deprived of their liberty in all
places of detention, including medical facilities and prayer camps.
* The present report is reproduced as received, in the language of submission only.
GE.14-11818