(17 March 2016) The recent decision by the government of the Republic of Rwanda to withdraw its article 34(6) declaration of the Protocol on the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Establishment of the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Protocol) represents a significant setback …

(10 February 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is seriously concerned for the safety of two Darfuri men who have been detained incommunicado and without charge for over seven weeks by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Khartoum. No reasons were given for their …

(14 January 2016) Sudanese authorities should immediately put in place measures to ensure the protection of civilians in and around El Geneina, the capital city of West Darfur state, and reign in state security forces following the lethal shooting of at least ten civilians by police and security personnel and …

(25 December 2015) Five members of the Sudanese Athletics Team, including three women and two men, have been convicted for wearing indecent clothing by a Public Order court in Khartoum. The five were arrested on 28 November together with five other team members for wearing swimming costumes during a swimming …

Why South Africa should stand up when Sudan lets perpetrators off the hook By Mossaad Mohamed Ali, Executive Director, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies The history of Sudan is of near-continuous armed conflict since the country gained independence from British colonization in 1956. Conflict broke out in Darfur …

(17 November 2015) A 26-year-old Sudanese man is at risk of a court-ordered amputation of his right hand in Khartoum for the theft of a laptop computer. He was convicted in an unfair trial before Jebel Awliya Criminal Court, just south of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, on 22 October 2015, …

(17 November 2015) In 2015 important developments took place in investigations and examinations by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa and outside Africa, and with Africa’s relationship with the ICC. As the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) begins its fourteenth session on November 18, the undersigned African civil society …

(7 October 2015) ACJPS is pleased to announce the arrival of its new Executive Director, Mr. Mossaad Mohamed Ali. Mossaad Mohamed Ali is a human rights lawyer and conflict resolution specialist. He previously served as Director of the Amel Centre for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in …

(15 June 2015) Pretoria, Paris, Kampala – Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcome the order issued yesterday by the High court in Pretoria to prevent the departure of the President of Sudan and wanted fugitive …

(1 June 2015) 32 Eritrean asylum seekers are at risk of forced return to Eritrea after a Sudanese court ruled that the group be deported from Sudan after serving two months in prison. The group was found guilty of illegal entry by a court in Sudan’s Red Sea State that …