Legal Programme

(16 October 2023) We, the undersigned Sudanese civil society organizations, call for the ACHPR to support to adopt a resolution on Sudan setting up an international commission of inquiry into all violations of international humanitarian and human rights laws and related crimes committed in Sudan since 15 April 2023. We …

In June 2022, the African Centre for Justice and peace studies (ACJPS) partnered with Stichting Vredesbeweging Pax Nederland to implement a 12-months month project on ‘Documenting and reporting on enforced disappearance and human trafficking in Sudan. One of the objectives of the project is to maintain availability of accurate and …

(16 March, 2023) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) was alarmed by a recent execution on death row in January 2023 and two cases in 2022. We oppose the death penalty in all cases without exception regardless of the nature of the crime, the characteristics of the offender, …

(24 March 2022) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the continued deterioration of security in Sudan. In Jebel moon locality in West Darfur, armed attacks by the Arab nomads have continued despite the signing of a non-aggression pact on 9 December 2021 between the …

(27 September 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses its utmost concern over the physical safety and wellbeing of Mr Otaf Abdelwahab Altom, journalist and director of Al-Naba Center for Press Services who was arrested by the police force from his home and taken to Al-Mugran Police …

 (5.10.2020) An NGO coalition comprising the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), MENA Rights Group, REDRESS and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) welcome a resolution of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) calling for guidelines aimed at ending …

(1 September 2020) On 23 August 2020, the Sudanese Dismantle Committee of the 30 June 1989 regime issued a resolution that dismissed 151 judges from service.  The committee, chaired by General Yasir Abdul Rahman Alatta was established in 2019 by way of a resolution from the Sovereign Council. The committee is …

(25 August 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in Eastern Sudan where tribal conflicts have left tens dead and dozens injured. ACJPS has documented the tribal conflict in Port Sudan city that has left 33 people …

29 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern for the physical safety and well-being of 72 people arbitrarily arrested and detained incommunicado without charge by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Detainees were arrested at the Sudanese border with the Republic of Chad while …

(14 July 2020) REDRESS and partners welcome the law reforms announced by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice over the weekend, which move Sudan a step closer towards eliminating structural violence against women and minorities, and complying with its human rights obligations. The reforms include the abolition of the crime of apostasy, which until now was punishable with the death penalty in Sudan. Further, the …