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14 February 2018 TO: UN Human Rights Committee; UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; UN Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr. David Kaye; UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Mr. Aristide Nononsi; UN …

Excessive Use of Force, Arbitrary Detention (Nairobi – 29 January 2018) — Sudan’s security forces have arrested scores of people in connection with protests against austerity measures imposed under the January 2018 budget, four Sudanese and international organizations, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty international, the Al Khatim Adlan Centre for Enlightenment …

  (28 September 2017) At least five people were killed and 29 others sustained gunshot wounds when Sudanese forces opened live ammunition on a crowd of protestors at Kalma camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Nyala, South Darfur on 22 September, shortly before a planned visit by Sudan’s President …

Human Rights Council – 36th session Item 10 – Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sudan 27th September 2017  Thank you Mr President, Our organisations, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) would like to express …

Human Rights Council – 36th session Item 10 – Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sudan 27th September 2017  FIDH and its member organisation, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) share the Independent Expert’s concerns about serious human rights challenges still not addressed by Sudan. Serious …

Mohamed Badawi is the Monitoring Programme Director at ACJPS. This article was originally published in Albaeed online newspaper بقلم : محمد بدوي أستشرفت دزلة قامبيا في 17 يناير 2017 م تاريخا جديدا بطي صفحة  دكتاتورية الإسلام السياسي  برحيل الرئيس السابق يحيي جامع ، التي إمتدت فترة  حكمة في الفترة من …

Written by Catherine Komuhangi. Catherine is a human rights lawyer and works as a legal program officer at ACJPS. Sudan is currently conducting a national dialogue that has, among other things, discussed the amendment of the powers of the National Security and Intelligence Service (NISS). Article 151 (3) of the 2005 …

See full event invitation here. From 5 – 6pm on Thursday, 15 September 2016 in the Palais des Nations, a panel called “Sudan’s entrenched crises and & the role of the Human Rights Council” will be hosted by the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, Amnesty International, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, International Federation for Human Rights …

Tweet to encourage the adoption of a strong resolution (14 September 2016) From 13 September – 30 September 2016, members of the UN Human Rights Council are meeting in Geneva to discuss the human rights situation across the globe. We want to make sure Sudan is at the top of …

The PDF version of this letter is available in English, French, and Arabic. To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, Switzerland 7 September 2016 Re: Current human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan Excellency, Our organisations write to you in advance of the …