Press Releases

(4 October 2013) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defender Project (EHAHRDP) are deeply concerned for the safety of 23 human rights defenders who are amongst over 800 people who have been arrested in connection with anti-austerity and …

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Paris, Nairobi, Kampala, 1 October 2013 – Over the past 7 days since the start of demonstrations in Sudan on 23 September, at least 170 people have been killed by the Sudanese authorities, hundreds more injured …

(26 September 2013) The Sudanese security forces must immediately stop using arbitrary and unlawful force against protesters, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies and Amnesty International urged today, after confirming that at least 50 demonstrators were killed on Tuesday and Wednesday after being shot in the chest or …

(24 September 2013) On 19 September police in Nyala, South Darfur shot and killed two children and one adult at a protest outside the South Darfur Government offices. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) condemns the excessive use of force and calls for an immediate investigation with …

The Sudanese President, subject to arrest warrants for genocide and crimes against humanity, must be transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague FIDH, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and in the United States, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Center for Justice …

To: Permanent Representatives of African States to the UN Human Rights Council 12th September 2013   Re: Call for Action by African States to Protect Human Rights in Sudan at UN Human Rights Council 24th Session (9-27 September 2013) Excellency, The undersigned African civil society organisations are writing to urge …

(Geneva, September 9, 2013) – The UN Human Rights Council should extend and strengthen the mandate of the independent expert on the human rights situation in Sudan, a group of 20 international organizations urged in a letter to diplomats released today at the opening of the council’s 24th session.   The groups urged the …

Repeal Amendments to Armed Forces Law (9 July 2013, Nairobi ) – New amendments to Sudan’s Armed Forces Act that allow prosecution of civilians in military courts are contrary to international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. President …

Sudanese civil society calls for a constitution that recognizes the country’s diversity and promotes equality (18 June 2013) On 6 June scores of prominent Sudanese journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, and political activists adopted a Declaration of Guiding Principles for Constitution Making in Sudan. Building on constitutional initiatives undertaken by …

(24 May 2013) On 6 May Judge Sif Eldien Abdulrhman Ishag of the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED) in Al – Daien, East Darfur sentenced three men to death after a trial that began on 1 May and lasted four court sessions. If implemented, the execution …