Ghana - Amnesty International

GHANA: END IMPUNITY THROUGH UNIVERSAL JURISDICTIONNo Safe Haven Series No. 1055CHART 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)coercion, such as thatcaused bycircumstancesidentified (see thedefinition of Rape)above(2)**Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)Perpetrator expects toobtain pecuniary orother advantage for orin connection with theacts of a sexual natureForcedpregnancyForcedsterilizationUnlawful confinementof a one or more womenforcibly made pregnant,with the intent ofaffecting the ethniccomposition of anypopulation or carryingout other graveviolations ofinternational lawDeprivation of one ormore persons ofbiological reproductivecapacity, neitherjustified by the medicalor hospital treatment ofthe person or personsconcerns nor carriedout with their genuineconsentNO **Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)NO **Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)Other forms ofsexual violenceAn act of a sexualnature against one ormore persons orcausing such persons toengage in an act of asexual nature by force,or by threat of force orcoercion such as thatcaused byIdentified as “indecentassault,” forcibly makingany sexual bodily contactwith another person orsexually violating the bodyof that other person in amanner not amounting tocarnal knowledge orunnatural carnalCourts Act, 1993 (Act459), sect. 56( 4) (l)(foreign public officer)**Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56Index: AFR 28/004/2012 Amnesty International November 2012