Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice

The Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice is an independent organisation for the safeguarding of human rights in Ghana.

It was established in 1993 by an Act 456 of the Parliament of Ghana as directed by Article 216 of the 1992 Ghana constitution.[1]

Composition

The commission is made up of a commissioner and two deputy commissioners, who are appointed by the President of Ghana under Article 70 of the Ghanaian constitution. The commissioner must be qualified to be a Justice of the Appeal Court and the deputies must be eligible to be justices of the High Court.[1] The first commissioner was Emile Short who retired in 2010. The current commissioner is Lauretta Lamptey.[2] In July 2012, Joseph Akanjoluer Whittal was sworn in by President John Atta Mills as a deputy commissioner.[3] Joseph Whittal was appointed by President Mahama to replace Lauretta Lamptey in 2016.[4]

The commission serves as an ombudsman receiving and dealing with complaints about the proper functioning of public institutions and to provide redress. It appears it can do same for private entities due to the way Article 218 (c) is written.

List of commissioners

See also

References
  1. "Commission of Human Rights Act, 1993 (Act 456) [Ghana]". UNHCR. 6 July 1993. Retrieved 31 July 2010.
  2. "Lauretta Lamptey appointed new CHRAJ Boss". General news. Ghana Home Page. 26 July 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  3. "Prez Mills swears-in Deputy Commissioner of CHRAJ". General news. Ghana Home Page. 20 July 2012. Retrieved 6 August 2012.
  4. "Mahama confirms Joseph Whittal as CHRAJ boss". Ghanaweb.com. GhanaWeb. Retrieved 29 October 2018.


4. http://citifmonline.com/2015/11/04/mahama-fires-chraj-boss-lauretta-lamptey/

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