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French translation follows text of letter below. 3 May 2016 To: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) ACHPR Commissioner on the Human Rights Situation in Sudan, Mr Lawrence Mute Government of Sudan UN Human Rights Council UN Independent Expert on the situation of Human Rights in Sudan, Mr …

UN human rights review of Sudan On 4th May 2016, representatives of the government of #Sudan will attend a United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva to discuss the human rights situation in Sudan. For a few hours, diplomats from UN Member States will ask the Government of …

(19 April 2016) UN Member states should make strong and specific recommendations during an upcoming UN review of Sudan’s human rights record, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) said today. On 4 May 2016, Sudan …

58th ORDINARY SESSION OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION ON HUMAN AND PEOPLES’ RIGHTS Banjul, The Gambia, 4 – 20 April 2016 Oral Statement submitted under Item 8: Activity report of the Chairperson of the Working Group on the Death Penalty and Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Killings in Africa Madame Chairperson, distinguished …

(31 March 2016) The efforts of the Government of Sudan to obstruct the engagement of civil society activists in a United Nations (UN)-led human rights review of the country is unacceptable and shows blatant contempt not just for human rights defenders in Sudan, but to human rights standards and the …

  (17 December 2015) On 26 November 2015 the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur, currently housed by the Khartoum Bahri Criminal Court, sentenced eighteen members of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army – Mini Minawi (SLA-MM) to death for a number of offences, including crimes against the state …

(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 …

Below is the oral statement delivered by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) during the official agenda item “NGO statements on the human rights situation in Africa” during the 57th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. 57th …

Below is the text of the oral statement delivered by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) during the official agenda item “NGO statements on the human rights situation in Africa” during the 57th session of …

ACJPS FIDH SHRM joint oral statement HRC 30 30-09-15