Practice Relating to Rule 131. Treatment of Displaced Persons
In 1995, in its initial report to the Committee on the Rights of the Child, Ghana stated: “The sole government agency responsible for abandoned and orphaned children, worked with the Save the Children Fund to provide care for the children affected by the conflict [in the northern part of the country].” Family tracing and reunification assistance services were also established and unaccompanied displaced children were either placed in camps, in orphanages or with relatives.