Press Releases

ACJPS is currently looking for a Project Coordinator based in Sudan to join our team. Being employed at ACJPS means joining a staff committed to the protection and promotion of human rights in Sudan. Our staff includes international and Sudanese human rights activists. We aim to provide our employees with a healthy and …

(10 January 2020) This report aims to document human rights violations that occurred between December 13, 2018, to April 11, 2019, to contribute to the efforts to ensure accountability, equity and the rule of law. The report bears witness to and chronicles the widest detention campaign since 1989 including arrests …

(18 December 2019) At a critical juncture in Sudan’s history, a new report from the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and REDRESS, A Way Forward? Anti-torture reforms in Sudan in the Post-Bashir era identifies priorities for change and key reforms to end the systematic practice of torture …

H.E Solomon Dersso, Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights CC: Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Chairman of the African Union Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission Smail Chergui, Commissioner for Peace and Security of the African Union Commission We, a coalition of 65 organizations, write …

30 September 2019 Civilians in South Sudan continue to be displaced and suffer from widespread human rights abuses and crimes, including sexual and gender-based, political, and ethnic violence. These human rights violations and crimes have been ongoing since the beginning of the conflict in South Sudan. During this reporting period, …

Paris, 26 September 2019 – Nine Sudanese victims, supported by FIDH and Project Expedite Justice, have filed a criminal complaint today targeting BNP Paribas for alleged complicity in crimes against humanity, torture, and genocide that took place in Sudan, as well as financial offences. This complaint marks the first attempt …

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland 2 September 2019 Sudan: Ensuring a credible response by the UN Human Rights Council at its 42nd session. Excellencies, Ahead of the 42nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (“HRC” or …

(30 August 2019) August 31, 2019 will mark the one-year anniversary since the untimely passing of Dr Amin Makki Madani, a human rights lawyer, a member of African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies’ (ACJPS) International Board of Directors and one of the pioneers of human rights movement both in …

Joint Press Release (30 August 2019) On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, five leading human rights organisations are calling on African states to end the use of enforced disappearances and ensure justice and reparations for thousands of victims in Africa. For decades, thousands of people including …

(28 August 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcomes the recent commitment expressed by the Sudanese authorities towards accountability for gross human rights violations committed in the country with impunity for decades by signing a Constitutional Charter for the 2019 Transitionary period  that mandates the Sovereign …