Ghana - Amnesty International

56GHANA: 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)circumstancesidentified (see thedefinition of Rape)above, the gravity ofthis conduct beingequivalent to the sexualcrimes listed aboveknowledge and withoutconsent, in the CriminalCode, 1920 (Act 29),sect. 103.(4) (n) (catchall)Perpetrator awarenessof the factualcircumstancesestablishing the gravityof the conductPersecutionEnforceddisappearanceIntentional and severedeprivation offundamental rightscontrary to internationallaw by reason of theidentity of the group orcollectivityTargeting based onpolitical, social, racial,national, ethnic,cultural, religious,gender, or othergrounds universallyrecognized asimpermissible underinternational lawArrest, detention orabduction of personsby, with theauthorization of,support oracquiescence of, aState or politicalorganization, followedby a refusal toacknowledge thatdeprivation of freedomor to give informationNO **Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)NO **Courts Act, 1993(Act 459), sect. 56(4) (n) (catchall)Amnesty International November 2012 Index: AFR 28/004/2012