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The objective of the JJA was to protect children's rights and to meet international standards and norms. [3] This was the first major in juvenile justice policy since the Criminal Procedure Act. [3] The JJA defines a juvenile offender in Ghana as someone between the ages of 12 and 18 who commits a crime. [1]
Functions : The core functions of the National Youth Authority are - Ref: NYA Act, 2016 (Act 939) (3) to: a) formulate policies and implement programmes that will promote in the youth i. a sense of creativity, self-reliance, leadership, loyalty to the country, discipline and civic responsibility; and ii. a sense of friendship and cooperation ...
The committee was formed in July 2001, one and half years after the Children's Charter came into force. The members are elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union. The criteria for the selection of members are: Members must be nationals of a state party to the Children's Charter.
Ghana is a sovereign country in West Africa. It was a British colony until 6th March 1957 , when it became the first country, south of the Sahara to gain independence . The fundamental rights of a Ghanaian has been enshrined in the Chapter 5 of the 1992 Constitution. [ 2 ]
Ghana’s child protection law, the Children’s Act, prohibits child marriage. Nevertheless, data from 2011 shows that 6% of girls nationwide were married before the age of 15. [15] Between 2002 and 2012, 7% of adolescent females (aged 15–19) were currently married. [17]
In Ghana, a large number of street children can be found in Central Accra, the Kwame Nkrumah circle, Kumasi, Tamale, and other major centres. [7] The largest number of street children came from the Northern Region of Ghana forming 28.53% of the children found in the streets of Accra. The smallest number of children found in the streets of Accra ...
The 1992 Ghana Constitution directs the legislature to establish a commission with mandate to be The National Human Rights Institution of Ghana, the Ombudsman of Ghana and an Anti-Corruption Agency and Ethics Office for the Public Service of Ghana. The commission was duly established in 1993 with the passage of the CHRAJ Act, Act 456. [4]
An Act for the purposes of making further and better provision for the care and protection of children and for those purposes to require the preparation, by certain providers of services to children, of child safeguarding statements; to require certain persons to make reports to the Child and Family Agency in respect of children in certain circumstances; to require certain persons to assist ...