DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL GOVERNANCE for settlement in other countries. Although there is no explicit clause in the 1992 Constitution on refugee rights, the statutory principles are based on international standards. For example, the international law principle of refoulment is an integral part of Ghana's internal legal heritage. Ghana's Refugee Act, therefore, closely mirrors universal standards. For this reason, and given the absence of a formal civil or international war, the country has become a haven of peace and security for the thousands of people fearing for their lives in their countries of origin. 109. In fashioning its statutes after international treaties, Ghana has not only looked to the UN Conventions as models but also, more importantly, to the 1969 OAU Convention on Refugees. As the OAU Convention radically differs from global standards, Ghana has encapsulated the two radically different conceptions, fashioning a comprehensive law on refugees, compared with that of other jurisdictions. Ghana, like most African countries, harbours several hundreds of thousands of internally displaced people. 110. Some stakeholders would like to see the problem of disabled persons and issues of disability mainstreamed and prioritised on the policy agenda, as part of the political governance policy agenda. iii. Recommendations 111. The Panel recommends the following: ? That the international community should assist Ghana with necessary support in coping with the demands of the refugee population, especially women and children. ? Ghana is to review its internal capacities and constraints, both technical and practical, to cater for the rights and needs of internally displaced peoples. 45