Publications

(25 August 2014)  141 Groups in 40 Countries Speak Out African countries should reject immunity for sitting leaders for grave crimes before the African Court for Justice and Human Rights, 141 organizations said today in a declaration in advance of an African Union meeting in Nairobi. The organizations include both African groups …

(19 August 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented the death of a third detainee in custody in Port Sudan after he was flogged and detained under public order laws. On 10 August Jilani Mohamed Ahmed Abdul Rasul, (m), 24 years of age, and a …

(8 August 2014) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the deaths of two men in early August following their detention and flogging in a Port Sudan police station and hold those responsible to account, said the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). Hussein Hadab, (m), age 45, a businessman …

Job Description Job Title: Fellow, Legal Programme, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) REPORTING TO: Legal Programme Coordinator DURATION: 6 months BENEFITS: 11 days annual leave, in addition to Ugandan public holidays. Compensation to be discussed. LOCATION: Kampala, Uganda. General Purpose of the Job: The Fellow, Legal Programme’s …

(30 July 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), together with 25 Sudanese, regional and international organisations, has sent a letter to permanent representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council urging them to ensure that the serious and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian …

To Permanent Representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 18 July 2014 RE: Human rights situation in Sudan at the 27thsession of the Human Rights Council Excellency, The undersigned organizations urge your delegation to recognize and respond to the gravity of the human rights …

This issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an overview of recent political developments in Sudan, including the emergence of the Rapid Support Forces and the status of the National Dialogue. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is a new paramilitary force deployed by the Government of Sudan to support …

(8 July 2014) On the night of 22 June police in the Almolazmeen area of Khartoum’s twin city Omdurman arrested 40 individuals of Nuba ethnicity, beating those arrested and using racist and discriminatory language against them. According to eye-witness accounts, at least 40 police were deployed to the area and …

(27 June 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the government of Sudan to uphold the right to a fair trial before the criminal courts after documenting a surge in the number of arrests of women by the public order police for the sale of …

Investigate Allegations of Torture, Abuse (Nairobi, June 25, 2014) – The Sudanese government should immediately charge or release recently detained political activists, and investigate all allegations that they have  been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the …