• PRAYER CAMPS ISN'T THE SOLUTION
    PRAYER CAMPS
    Mental health care services lack adequate funding,
    political attention and social awareness leaving mentally disabled people with few choices for treatment.
  • END POVERTY
    WE CAN END POVERTY TOGETHER
    This makes Ghana, one of the few African countries likely to meet, ahead of schedule,
    the Millennium Development Goal One (MDG 1) target of reducing poverty and hunger by half by 2015.
  • STOP FGM
    Female Genital Mutilation is Inhumane
    The Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) is a non-profit, independent,
    research and advocacy organization set up to advance and protect human rights in Ghana.

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Volunteer

They came as interns, from all over the world. And they had wonderful experiences during their stay at HRAC.

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Speak Up

Speaking up about human rights is one of THE MOST IMPORTANT ways that we can help to protect and promote rights in Ghana.

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Scope Of Work

HRAC’s main focus areas revolved around Research, Advocacy and Access to Justice

Research

Research and fact-finding is an integral component of the HRAC. The office undertakes research on varied levels of human rights issues, both in the field and from the desktop.

Advocacy

Many have said that the protection of human rights is possibly Ghana’s ‘most spectacular success’ since the return of multiparty democracy in 1992.

Justice

Access to justice in Ghana continues to be hindered by a range of obstacles including religion, tradition and culture.


Reports

HRAC BULLETIN Volume 1, 2nd Edition.pdf
  • Friday, February 1, 2019 - 17:27
HRAC Annual Report 2017 .pdf
  • Friday, February 1, 2019 - 17:24
Joint Coalition of NGOs in Health Report
  • Thursday, March 30, 2017 - 08:29
HRAC and Coalition of NGOs in Health Report
  • Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 14:24
HRAC GBV Report
  • Sunday, January 5, 2014 - 14:29

Current Project

Gender Sensitization Program

Our Project:

Gender Sensitization Program

A study conducted in 2009 showed that 14% of Ghanian school students were sexually abused. In most cases the students being abused are female. Young girls and women in Ghana are commonly victims of physical, sexual, emotional, and economic abuse.

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Message From the Executive Director

Human rights are inherent in every person and cannot, except within legally approved parameters, be denied.

Human rights violations especially against the vulnerable, marginalised and poor are however widespread in Ghana.

It takes an Organisation with the right capacity and commitment to protect the human rights of these voiceless communities.

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Who We Are

The Human Rights Advocacy Centre (HRAC) is a not-for-profit, independent, non-partisan, research and advocacy organization set up to advance and protect human rights in Ghana.

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What We Do

The Human Rights Clinic was set up by the Human Rights Advocacy Centre to give free legal support to the public. The Human Rights Clinic aims to address human rights.

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