 Mr. Joe Ghartey, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, has identified corruption as a major challenge to the realisation of human rights, especially in the light of scarce national resources. He stated, however, that institutional safeguards were in place and not a single political office holder had been found guilty of corruption in recent years and the nation had not experienced any human rights violations.The other member of the delegation was Ms Elizabeth Ohene, Minister of State for Education, who together with Mr Ghartey defended the various achievements and challenges faced by the country.
The UPR mechanism of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations was established by General Assembly Resolution 60/251 and by the Human Rights Council in Resolution 5/1 of 18th June, 2007. Under this system, for the first time, the human rights records of all UN member states, regardless of their size, wealth, military or political importance,
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