CHAPTER     3   DEMOCRACY  AND  GOOD  POLITICAL  GOVERNANCE     3.0   Introduction   The   section   assessed   the   progress   made   in   implementing   recommendations   raised   in   the   National  Programme  of  Action  under  the  theme  –  Democracy  and  good  Political  Governance.   Stakeholders’   maintain   that   freedom   of   expression   and   the   protection   of   human   rights   are   Ghana’s  most  spectacular  successes  since  the  return  to  democratic  rule  in  1992.  Whilst  this  is   heralded,  stakeholders  are  also  quick  to  add  that  a  great  deal  needs  to  be  done  to  improve  and   strengthen   human   rights,   particularly,   of   vulnerable   groups   like   women   and   children.   Laws   passed  during  the  period  since  Ghana’s  ascension  to  the  APRM  include:  the  Human  Trafficking   Act,  2005  (Act  694);  the  Criminal  Code  Amendment  Act  of  2007  (Act  741);  the  National  Health   Insurance   Act   (Act   650);   the   Juvenile   Justice   Act,   Act   2006   (Act   699);   National   Identification   Authority  Act,  2006  (Act  707);  the  Labour  Act,  2003  (Act  651);  the  Transfer  of  Convicted  Persons   Act,  2007  (Act  743);  and  the  Domestic  Violence  Act,  2007  (Act  732).     3.1   Standards  and  Codes   Four  out  of  the  seven  conventions  have  been  ratified.  These  are:   • Amendments  to  the  Constitutive  Act  of  the  AU,  2003;   • The  AU  Non-­‐Aggression  and  Common  Defense  Pact,  2005   • The  AU  Convention  on  Preventing  and  Combating  Corruption,  2003   • UN  Convention  Against  Corruption   24   ��