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Table of Contents
- Combined sixth and seventh periodic reports submitted by Ghana under article 44 of the Convention, due in 2020*, ** 1
- Foreword 3
- I. Introduction 4
- II. General measures of implementation 4
- A. Measures taken to review and bring domestic legislation and practice into full conformity with the Convention and the Optional Protocols 4
- B. Data collection 4
- C. National strategy and corresponding plan or plans of action for children 4
- D. Co-ordinating implementation of the CRC and the Optional Protocols 5
- E. Budget for the implementation of the Convention and the Optional Protocols 5
- F. International assistance and development aid for the implementation of CRC 5
- G. Role of independent national human rights institutions in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child 6
- H. Measures Taken to Make the Convention Widely Known (dissemination) 6
- I. Cooperation with civil society organizations 6
- J. Industry and children 6
- III. Definition of the child 7
- IV. General principles 7
- A. Non-discrimination 7
- B. Best interests of the child 8
- C. The right to life, survival and development 8
- D. Respect for the views of the child 8
- V. Civil rights and freedoms 9
- A. Birth registration, name and nationality 9
- B. Freedom of expression and the right to seek, receive and impart information 9
- C. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 10
- D. Freedom of association and of peaceful assembly 10
- E. Protection of privacy and protection of image 10
- F. Access to information from a diversity of sources and protection from material harmful to a child’s well-being 10
- G. Role of the media with regard to the promotion and protection of child rights 11
- VI. Violence against children 11
- A. Abuse and neglect 11
- B. Measures to prohibit and eliminate all forms of harmful practices 12
- C. Sexual exploitation and sexual abuse 12
- Sexual Exploitation 12
- D. Sexual abuse 13
- E. The availability of helplines for children 13
- F. The right of the child to protection from corporal punishment and other cruel or degrading forms of punishment 13
- G. Corporal Punishment 14
- H. ‘The Ghanaian Against Child Abuse’ (GACA) 14
- VII. Family environment and alternative care 15
- A. Parental guidance 15
- B. Parents’ common responsibilities, assistance to parents and provision of childcare services 15
- C. Separation from parents 15
- D. Family Reunification 16
- E. Recovery of maintenance for the child 16
- F. Children deprived of a family environment 17
- G. Adoption (national and inter-country) 17
- H. Measures to ensure protection of children with incarcerated parents and children living in prison with their mothers 17
- VIII. Disability, basic health and welfare 18
- A. The rights of children with disabilities 18
- B. Health and health services 18
- Survival and development 18
- Health and health services, in particular primary health care 19
- Efforts to address the most prevalent health challenges, to promote the physical and mental health and well-being of children and to prevent and deal with communicable and non-communicable diseases 19
- Reproductive health rights of adolescents and measures to promote a healthy lifestyle 20
- C. Measures to protect children from substance abuse 20
- D. Social security, childcare services, standard of living and measures taken 21
- Social security 21
- E. Child care services 21
- F. Standard of living and measures taken 21
- Child poverty 21
- Water and sanitation 22
- G. HIV/AIDS and the rights of the child 22
- H. Adolescent health and development in the context of the Convention on the Rights of the Child 23
- I. The right of the child to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health 23
- IX. Education, leisure and cultural activities 23
- A. The aims of education with reference also to the quality of education 23
- The right to education, including vocational training and guidance 24
- B. Early childhood care and development 24
- Pre-school education 25
- Gross and net enrolment ratio for creche and kindergarten 25
- C. Basic education 25
- Primary school gross and net enrolment 26
- JHS school gross and net enrolment 26
- Number of JHS schools 26
- D. Secondary education 26
- Number of SHS schools 27
- E. New interventions to enhance quality of secondary education 27
- Free senior high school (FSHS) programme 27
- F. Mechanisms to ensure all-inclusive-education 27
- Education of girls 27
- Education of children with disabilities 28
- G. Vocational and technical training 28
- Enrolment in technical/vocational institutions 29
- Challenges of vocational and technical training education 29
- H. Cultural rights of children belonging to indigenous and minority groups 29
- I. Leisure, recreation and cultural activities 29
- Leisure and recreation 29
- J. Cultural activities 29
- X. Special protection measures 30
- A. Children seeking refugee protection, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, internally displaced children, migrant children and children affected by migration 30
- B. Children belonging to a minority or an indigenous group 30
- C. Children in street situations 30
- D. Children in situations of exploitation, including measures for their physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration 31
- E. Economic exploitation, including child labour 31
- F. Child trafficking and abduction 31
- G. Children in conflict with the law, child victims and witnesses of crimes 32
- The administration of juvenile justice, the existence of specialized and separate courts and the applicable minimum age of criminal responsibility 32
- Children deprived of their liberty and measures to ensure that any arrest, detention or imprisonment of a child shall be used a measure of last resort and for the shortest amount of time and that legal and other assistance is promptly provided 33
- The sentencing of children, in particular the prohibition of capital punishment and life imprisonment 33
- Physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration 33
- XI. Follow-up to the Optional Protocols 34
- A. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the rights of the child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography 34
- B. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the rights of the child on the involvement of children in armed conflict 34
