(1 December 2016) At least 17 members of the political opposition Sudanese Congress Party (SCP) are currently detained without charge and access to their families and lawyers at National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) offices near Shande Bus Station in Khartoum. The detained SCP members were all arrested from 4 …
Read More »Joint NGO press release: TRACKs trial continues as detainees near their 6th month of detention
The following is a joint press release from the Al-Khatim Adlan Centre for Enlightenment & Human Development (KACE), African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, the Darfur Bar Association, the International Refugee Rights Initiative, Sudan Consortium, the Sudan Democracy First Group, and the Sudan Social Development Organisation (SUDO) UK. To read …
Read More »Joint NGO Letter: A Way Forward for the Hybrid Court for South Sudan
This letter is available in English and French. An Open Letter to H.E. Mme. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, Chairperson of the African Union Commission, from South Sudanese and International Non-Governmental Organizations Cc: Ambassador Smail Chergui, Chairperson, AU Peace and Security Council CC: Alpha Oumar Konare, AU High Representative for South Sudan 1 November …
Read More »Joint ACJPS/FIDH/SHRM oral statement during UNHRC33 interactive dialogue with Sudan IE
Human Rights Council – 33rd session Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan Oral statement Mr. President, Mr. Independent Expert, FIDH and its member organisations, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and the Sudanese Human Rights Monitor …
Read More »ACJPS/FIDH: At the UN, Sudan defends a piecemeal approach to its legal human rights obligations
To read the PDF versions, click here. FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization for Sudan African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Geneva, Kampala, 21 September 2016: Sudan’s failure to accept key recommendations made during its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has confirmed the …
Read More »Sudan should cease judicial harassment of civil society members and release TRACKs detainees
(25 May 2016) The harassment of Sudanese civil society activists affiliated with the organisation TRACKs for Training and Human Development (TRACKs) has escalated over recent days, with dormant charges pressed against two activists over a year ago reactivated and proceeding to trial, and eight staff and affiliates of TRACKs …
Read More »Key concerns and recommendations for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Sudan 2016
(19 April 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) today published a joint briefing for UN member states setting out key concerns and recommendations to improve the human rights situation in …
Read More »India: Do Not Welcome Bashir
(Nairobi, October 20, 2015) – India should not welcome Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, 21 international and African nongovernmental organizations said today. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has warrants out for his arrest to face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur. India has invited al-Bashir and …
Read More »On the anniversary of protests massacres, the international community must take a strong stand on impunity for widespread human rights abuses in Sudan
International Federation for Human Rights – FIDH African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies – ACJPS Sudan Human Rights Monitor – SHRM Paris, Kampala, Khartoum, 23 September 2015 – The Government of Sudan continues to fail to ensure that those responsible for international crimes and other serious human rights abuses …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: Don’t deport Sudanese journalist to Sudan
(5 September 2015) Saudi Arabian authorities should release and refrain from deporting the Sudanese journalist Waleed Aldoud Al-Mekki Al-Hussein, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights, and the International Federation for Human …
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