The Country Director of Amnesty International, Genevieve Partington, has argued for a revision of sections of the Promotion of Proper Human Rights and Ghanaian Family Value Bill in an interview on Starr FM.

She contended that the bill, as it stands, is against the Constitution of Ghana and should be rejected.

Partington emphasized that the current version of the bill lacks clarity in identifying who constitutes an LGBTQ person, highlighting a perceived deficiency in the legislation.

“First of all the bill does not even define who an LGBT person is, there is no definition. So how are you going to identify who an LGBT person is?”

“There is a certain part of the bill that talks about romantic displays of affection. How do you define romantic affection between the same sex? So do you see two men holding hands apart of the LGBT community? These are some of the concerns that we have raised from the bill and so many other parts that we have issues with,” Madam Partington stated.

She holds that the assertion that the bill will create homophobia in the country.

“Persons suspected to be LGBT are being forced from their houses, landlords and landlords are going through a forced eviction process. We really have to be concerned with this bill as Ghanaians and understand that it will not just affect LGBT community.

“I have always said that Amnesty International completely rejects this bill, it should not exist and criminalizing persons for an activity that happens in their bedroom is actually against international human rights laws. So we should not even be considering it."

According to her, the group will proceed to court should the bill be passed into law.

“It is against the 1992 Constitution so all these things we have to consider. For Amnesty International should the bill be passed we will take it to court. As we are allowed to so that is the agenda we have,” she added.