Ghana- 1st- Guidance to business

By Daniel Morris | 4. November 2025

CHAPTER: 4 STRATEGES AND INTERVENTIONS

4.1 Strategies to achieve Key Objectives of the Three Pillars

4.1.1 Pillar 1: The State’s Duty to Protect Human Rights

Strategy: 1.4 Enforce businesses’ compliance with Human Rights laws and mechanisms in the business environment

Activities: Amend existing laws and mechanisms to protect human rights.

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: OAG&MOJ, MoTI, CHRAJ 
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: Judiciary, Cabinet, Parliament, SIGA, ORC, MDAs

Activities: Disaggregate data on the prosecution of business and human rights infractions.

  • Time frame: N/A
  • Implementing lead agencies: OAG&MoJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: ECO, OSP, Judiciary, GPS, EPA, LAC 

Activities: Integrate the NAP-BHR into the preparation of guidelines for medium term development plans.

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: NDPC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MLGDRD, MDAs, MMDAs, OHCS, OHLGS, PSC

Activities: Organise sensitisation programmes to promote compliance by businesses with the National Pensions Act, 2008 (Act 766)

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: SSNIT, NPRA
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: MELR, Trade Unions, AGI, Media, PEF, MoI

Strategy 1.14 Strengthen human rights laws and regulations to increase Human Rights protection in business activities (both internal and external)

Activities: Prepare guidelines to inform the development of Code of Ethics and Conduct for business entities in line with BHR

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: PEF, TUC, GEA, ORC

Activities: Organize workshops to sensitize and educate on compliance by businesses with the provisions in the Labour Law

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, MELR
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: GMWU, GAWU, PEF, Trade Unions

Strategy: 1.20 Strengthen capacity of businesses on BHR compliance

Activities: Develop training manual on NAP-BHR

  • Time frame: 2025-2026
  • Implementing lead agencies: MSD, CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: ORC, MOTi, GiPC, GFZA,

Activities: Organize capacity building workshops on the NAP-BHR

  • Time frame: 2025-2026
  • Implementing lead agencies: MSD, CHRAJ
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: GIPC, ORC, GFZA, Employers’ Association

Strategy: 1.22 Institute BHR Due Diligence, Rating and Certification for businesses

Activities: Develop and mainstream NAP-BHR Due Diligence Guidelines for businesses

  • Time frame: 2025-2029
  • Implementing lead agencies: CHRAJ, ORC
  • Implementing collaborating agencies: OAG&MOJ, SIGA, MDAs, MMDAs