Ghana - Amnesty International

50GHANA: END IMPUNITY THROUGH UNIVERSAL JURISDICTIONNo Safe Haven Series No. 10CHART VII. CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITYThreshold/ActDefinition in text ofRome Statute, Article7 and/or the Elementsof Crimes 157Definition in nationallaw (citation to anyrelevant provision)Universal jurisdictionin national law(citation)Deportation orforcible transferof populationin particular womenand childrenDeportation or forcibletransfer of one or morepersons by expulsion orother coercive acts fromthe area in which theyare lawfully present,without groundspermitted underinternational lawPerpetrator awarenessof the factualcircumstancesestablishing lawfulnessof victims’ presenceor practices similar toslavery, servitude or theforced removal of organs)within and across nationalborders by the use ofthreats, force or otherforms of coercion,abduction, fraud,deception, the abuse ofpower or exploitation ofvulnerability, or giving orreceiving payments andbenefits to achieveconsent in the HumanTrafficking Act, 2005(Act 694), sect. 1NO **Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)Imprisonment orother severedeprivation ofphysical libertyImprisonment of one ormore persons orotherwise severedeprivation of physicalliberty, the gravity ofthis conduct being suchthat it violatesfundamental rules ofinternational lawPerpetrator awarenessof the factualcircumstancesestablishing the gravityIntentionally and withoutconsent, detaining aperson in a particularplace, of whatever extentor character and whetherenclosed or not, orcompelling a person tomove or be carried in anyparticular direction(Criminal Code, 1960,(Act 29), sect. 88)Courts Act, 1993 (Act459), sect. 56 (4) (l)(foreign public officer)**Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)Amnesty International November 2012 Index: AFR 28/004/2012