Advocacy

Sudan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic must include everyone, including those forced by internal insecurity to flee their homes. (20 April 2020) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the potential impact that COVID-19 could have on the already vulnerable thousands of Sudanese internally displaced …

(9 April 2020) African Center for Justice and peace Studies (ACJPS) welcomes the release of 4,217 male prisoners from Al-Huda prison located in the city of Omdurman, twin city of the capital Khartoum on 26 March 2020. Their release came after the Sudan Sovereign Council passed a resolution on 23 March …

(Khartoum, Kampala and Paris) 31January 2020 – The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its Sudanese member organisations, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and the Sudan Human Rights Monitor (SHRM), denounce the attack that took place on the Krinding IDP camp in December 2019. According …

Harmonizing the NSA in line with the 2019  Constitutional Charter will ensure legal clarity on the roles, obligations and accountability by the NISS  (31 January 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the Transitional government to urgently amend the National Security Act (NSA) 2010 and ensure …

(18 December 2019) At a critical juncture in Sudan’s history, a new report from the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and REDRESS, A Way Forward? Anti-torture reforms in Sudan in the Post-Bashir era identifies priorities for change and key reforms to end the systematic practice of torture …

H.E Solomon Dersso, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights CC: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Chairman of the African Union Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union Commission We, a coalition of 65 organizations, write …

30 September 2019 Civilians in South Sudan continue to be displaced and suffer from widespread human rights abuses and crimes, including sexual and gender-based, political, and ethnic violence. These human rights violations and crimes have been ongoing since the beginning of the conflict in South Sudan. During this reporting period, …

Paris, 26 September 2019 – Nine Sudanese victims, supported by FIDH and Project Expedite Justice, have filed a criminal complaint today targeting BNP Paribas for alleged complicity in crimes against humanity, torture, and genocide that took place in Sudan, as well as financial offences. This complaint marks the first attempt …

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland 2 September 2019 Sudan: Ensuring a credible response by the UN Human Rights Council at its 42nd session. Excellencies, Ahead of the 42nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (“HRC” or …

(30 August 2019) August 31, 2019 will mark the one-year anniversary since the untimely passing of Dr Amin Makki Madani, a human rights lawyer, a member of African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies’ (ACJPS) International Board of Directors and one of the pioneers of human rights movement both in …