Advocacy and Legal

(15 September 2022) On 26th June, 2022, African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) together with Darfur Bar Association and Lawyers Democratic Front held a symposium at the Sudanese lawyers club in commemoration of the International Day against Torture in Sudan. The symposium was aimed at raising awareness of …

(15 September 2022) As the world commemorated the International Day for Victims of Enforced Disappearance on 30th August, ACJPS together with OHCHR-Sudan and the Missing Initiative organised a public symposium & Exhibition on ED. Participants discussed the ratification of CPPED, challenges and opportunities after ratification and the role of civil society in …

(13 September 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) would like to draw the attention of Sudanese transitional authorities, South Sudanese Government, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyi, United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in …

(10 September 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the continued targeting of Sudanese citizens by authorities for their online activities. ACJPS has documented another incident where a human rights defender was arrested, tortured, and later charged with defamation under article 159 of the …

(23 August, 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls for urgent investigations into the deaths of Mr. Azrag Barnabas, a former Christian leader in Garsilla Church who died in November 2021 and his three children who died on 13 July 2022 under unclear and suspicious circumstances. The …

 (4 August 2022) Background In 2018,  African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) developed a report focused on the implementation of anti-human trafficking laws in the east and horn of Africa.  The report resulted from a four-day forum on the implementation of anti-trafficking laws in the east and horn …

(1 August 2022) Between 15 and 17 July 2022, Sudan witnessed new pattern of violence that can to some extent be compared to the incidents of what happened in Rwanda in 1994. A tribal conflict broke out in Blue Nile, a state bordering South Sudan and Ethiopia, between members of …

(29 July 2022) The African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the continued inter-tribal attacks in Sudan that have resulted into several deaths and injuring. In this release, ACJPS documents several incidents of land conflicts in Abyi area, West Darfur and South Kordofan in June …

(29 July 2022) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including killing of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents resulting in serious …

(25 June 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the increased targeting of human rights defenders by security operatives in Sudan since the coup of 25th October 2021. In this release, ACJPS documents the arbitrary arrest and detention of two human rights defenders by …