Mr Richard Quayson, Deputy Commissioner of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), said the personnel of the commission must focus more on human rights issues in their daily dealings. He said the neglect of several right based issues over the years must be given serious attention to enable people who have been ignorant of their rights to be abreast of issues around them. Mr Quayson said this at the State of Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring training for district and regional officers of the commission in the Western Region at Takoradi. The programme was to assess progress made in human rights promotion in the country in a given period, and to address the challenges on the field and deepen the quality of work of the commission. It was also to ensure that state actors and other duty bearers met fully the obligation under the law as well as gauge how Ghana was meeting the international standards of human rights. Mr Quayson, who is also in charge of Public Education and Anti-Corruption, said “Let us be where we are supposed to be and play our roles effectively and efficiently which would not affect the right of other people”. He explained that for the human right situation to be improved in the country, rights to education and health, women and child rights will be given serious attention. He said every child in the country has the right to education under the Free Compulsory Universal Basic Education (FCUBE), adding that, the commission’s focus on education is on the disbursement of the capitation grant, school feeding programme, availability of affordable educational facility, as well as corporal punishment among others. Mr Quayson said the state of maternal and infant mortality, the National Health Insurance Scheme, and people living with HIV/AIDS was important to the commission and would ensure that health delivery in the country was improved. Under child rights, Mr Quayson the commission’s focus would be on sexual abuse, right to recreation, trafficking, child labour among others. “Domestic violence against women, women’s reproductive health rights, inheritance and the wills act would also be improved,” he said. Mr Quayson said the objective of this year’s exercise is to monitor the activities of human rights in compliance with the international obligation and to prevent human abuse from occurring. He urged officers to provide data and information for the commission to perform its oversight roles. “Get result of whatever you want to achieve and always learn to manage the situation on the field,” he advised. He cautioned officers to always present their report on time. Source: GNA