Advocacy and Legal

(6 August 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in the Dafur region where several militia attacks and tribal clashes have left hundreds dead and several injured. ACJPS has documented another incident of tribal clash in West …

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 …

  (16 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the Sudan Transitional Government to urgently investigate the killing of 12 peaceful protesters and injury of 14 others that occurred on 13 July 2020 in Fata Borno near Kotoum City in North Darfur state. The Transitional …

(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 …

 (15 June 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern with the surge of targeted attacks against civilians in Darfur since late May 2020. ACJPS has documented four incidents involving attacks on civilians in five villages in the states of Central, North and South Darfur that left …

International Federation for Human Rights African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies Sudan Human Rights Monitor Paris, Khartoum, Kampala, 10 June 2020 — FIDH, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), and the Sudan Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) welcome the transfer of former Janjaweed leader Ali Kushayb, to …

(14 May 2020) On April 12 2019, thousands of Sudanese across the country and in diaspora celebrated the release of hundreds of the detainees arrested for actual or indirect participation in the protest that led to the ousting of former president Omar al Bashir after 30 years of ruling. Many …

(4 May 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented attacks perpetrated against civilian targets in central Darfur State by the Sudanese Armed militias. The attack took place on 21 April 2020 at about 2:00pm in the village of Tamur Jameel, North East Zalingi town. At …

The 17-year-old girl was raped at gunpoint by the military officer in her house in Tour village, Central Darfur state (2 May 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls for urgent steps to be taken to investigate and hold to account the perpetrator of rape of a …

Sudan’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic must include everyone, including those forced by internal insecurity to flee their homes. (20 April 2020) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the potential impact that COVID-19 could have on the already vulnerable thousands of Sudanese internally displaced …