S.Res. 632 — A resolution requesting information on the Republic of Ghana's human rights practices pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

This section requests that the Secretary of State submit to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, not later than 30 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution and pursuant to section 502B(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304(c)), a statement on Ghana’s human rights practices prepared in collaboration with the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and the Office of the Legal Adviser. (Section 502B(c) requires such statements setting forth whether there is a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights in countries proposed for U.S. security assistance.) The statement must include— (1) all available credible information on alleged violations by the Government of Ghana, including arbitrary or unlawful arrest, detention, imprisonment, torture, due process violations, enforced disappearances, killings, and trafficking in persons (including of non-Ghanaian citizens removed to Ghana by the United States); (2) U.S. government steps to promote human rights observance by Ghana, discourage violations, disassociate from them, and assess—prior to removal—treatment of non-Ghanaian citizens removed to Ghana (including individualized assessments, legal status options, and humane treatment); and (3) other information, including— (A) assessment of the likelihood U.S. security assistance to Ghana could support rendition, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment of non-Ghanaian citizens removed by the United States; (B) analysis of conditions faced by such individuals; (C) assessment of Ghana detention centers or prisons holding them (including torture allegations); (D) actions to ensure compliance with U.S. court orders for their return; (E) actions addressing risks of their detention, torture, or disappearance; (F) actions protecting them from removal to Ghana while in U.S. jurisdiction; (G) U.S.-Ghana agreements or transactions related to their rendition, removal, trafficking, detention, or imprisonment; (H) information on individuals sent to Ghana by the United States in 2025 and 2026; (I) actions to facilitate release or return of those wrongfully removed; and (J) assurances sought or received on their treatment.