Human rights abuses linked to witchcraft accusations are recurrent in the north of Ghana and can lead to death. Despite the prevalence of the incidents, the cases are rarely reported and investigated. The failure of the state to provide a long-term coordinated sensitization campaign in those regions to combat negative gender stereotypes at the origin of the accusations, and the absence of a law specifically addressing this phenomenon leads to the persistence of the abuses and the infringement of the right to life and security of those concerned.
