UN mechanisms

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) 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 …

(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 …

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

(22 September 2015) On 21 September 2015 the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), and International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) made a stakeholder submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Sudan 2016. The submission details human rights developments in Sudan, including legal …