Overview

• The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, first passed by Parliament in February 2024, has been reintroduced for legislative consideration in May 2025.
• President John Mahama has publicly committed to signing the bill, which seeks to impose prison terms of up to five years for promoting LGBTQ+ activities.
• Ghana's Supreme Court previously declined to assess the bill's constitutionality, citing the lack of presidential assent at the time.
• Human rights advocates, led by the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD), are preparing fresh legal challenges to contest the bill's potential enactment.
• LGBTQ+ individuals in Ghana report heightened fear of violence and discrimination as public support for the bill remains strong, with 93% of Ghanaians expressing intolerance toward same-sex relationships in a 2021 survey.