Ghana - Child Law Resources


Constitution of the Fourth Republic of Ghana, 1992
Children's Act,1998
Citizenship Act, 2000
Registration of Births and Deaths Act, 1965
Criminal Code, 1960
Persons with Disability Act, 2006
Domestic Violence Act, 2007
Hospital Fees Act, 1971
An Act to Establish Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice, 1993
Juvenile Justice Act, 2003
Labour Act, 2003
Liquor Licensing Act, 1970
Matrimonial Causes Act, 1971
Police Service Act, 1970
Human Trafficking Act, 2005
Wills Act, 1972
Education Act, 1961


National Gender and Children Policy, 2004
Early Childhood Care and Development Policy, 2004
National Plan of Action for Orphan and Vulnerable Children, 2010-2012
Adolescent Reproductive Health Policy, 2000
National Youth Policy, 2010
Health Sector Gender Policy, 2009
National Health Policy,2007
National Work Place HIV/AIDS Policy, 2004
National HIV/AIDS Policy, 2004
Ghana Child Labour Monitoring System, 2010
Operational Plan for HIV/AIDS in the Education Sector, 2000
Poverty Reduction Strategic Paper, 2003-2005
Child and Family Welfare Policy, 2015
National Gender Policy, 2015
National HIV and AIDS Strategic Plan 2016-2020, 2016
National Work Place HIV and AIDS Policy, 2012
National Plan of Action on Human Trafficking, 2017
National Social Protection Policy, 2015
National Nutrition Policy 2013-2017, 2013
School Feeding Policy, 2015

State Party Reports
First and Second Report *
Initial and third report on ACRWC

Concluding Recommendations
No Concluding Recommendations Available

State Party Reports
Initial	20 Nov 1995
Second	19 Mar 2005
Third, Fourth and Fifth	2010
Concluding observations on the combined third to fifth periodic reports of Ghana	9 June 2015

Concluding Observations
For Initial Report	18 Jun 1997
For Second Report	17 Mar 2006
Concluding Observations to the combined third to fifth state party report on the Convention on the Rights of the Child	2015