Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Joseph Whittal has called for the annulment of the death penalty from the Criminal Justice System in Ghana. Mr. Whittal who averred that campaigns for...
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The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is in touch with the Embassy of Switzerland, in Ghana, for a possible collaboration to address the impact of businesses in mining communities. Holding preliminary...
More infoIMPLEMENTATION OF AfCFTA AGREEMENT MUST INVOLVE VULNERABLE PEOPLE – JOSEPH WHITTAL AFFIRMS
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Commissioner, Mr. Joseph Whittal has participated in a two-day meeting of Human Rights Experts and other key stakeholders to discuss issues relating to trade and human rights in...
More infoCHRAJ BOSS UPHOLDS COMPLIANCE OF THE UN PARIS PRINCIPLES BY NHRIS
Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), Mr. Joseph Whittal has admonished National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) to comply with the criteria of the UN Paris Principles in the implementation...
More infoCHRAJ PARTICIPATES IN HUMAN RIGHTS AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CONFERENCE IN NAIROBI, KENYA.
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) is participating in a conference on Human Rights and Environmental Law from Below: Grassroot and Human Rights Perspectives on the Human Environment Agenda (Stockholm+50)...
More infoETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION DRAWS KNOWLEDGE FROM CHRAJ
Members of the sub-strategy working group of the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) have paid a visit to the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) on a study and knowledge-sharing tour. The EHRC which is...
More infoGHANA POLICE PARTNERS CHRAJ TO HOST 3RD EXCHANGE PROGRAMME
The third Northern Regional exchange programme aimed at strengthening the Ghana Police Service and Civil Society cooperation towards effective case management and improved accountability has been held. The two-day event, which ended in...
More infoWE ARE SOMEHOW CREATING THE POLITICIANS THAT WE WANT – CHRAJ
By CDA Consult “We are somehow creating the politicians that we want, we ask them to bribe us so that we can vote for them, they also intend induce us monitory and materially to vote for them. Increasingly individual personal...
More infoI’LL EXPLORE AVENUES TO GENERATE FUNDS FOR NHRIS IN W/A – WHITTAL
The President for the Network of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in West Africa, Mr Joseph Whittal, says he is instituting measures to explore other avenues to generate funds for the network’s projects. Mr Whittal, who is...
More infoARAP Hands Over Vehicles To CHRAJ To Monitor And Evaluate Activities In The Regions
Mrs. Ana Sánchez, ARAP’s Team Leader, handed over today two vehicles to Mr. Joseph Whittal, the Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ). ARAP, an EU-funded programme, implemented by the Spanish public...
More infoMercy Larbi Appointed as new Deputy CHRAJ Commissioner
The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice have a 2nd Dep. Commissioner in the person of Mrs Mercy Larbi, former Ashanti Regional Director CHRAJ. H.E the President Nana AkufoAddo swore her in Yesterday at the Jubilee House.The...
More infoFight against corruption is achievable – Mr Quayson
Tuesday, 10 December 2019 Source: ghananewsagency.org Mr Richard Quayson, the Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has said progress reports received since 2015 had shown that the fight against...
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