Status

UNCAT ratification date

7 September 2000

OPCAT ratification date

23 September 2016

NPM designated

Under consideration

The ratification of the OPCAT was approved by Parliament in June 2016, following a recommendation by Cabinet. Ghana deposited the instrument of ratification of the OPCAT to the United Nations in New York on 23 September 2016.

The SPT member who is the SPT Focal Point for Ghana is available here.