Thematic Reports

(4 April 2022) The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting in its 70th Ordinary Session, held virtually from 23 February to 9 March 2022 Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in Africa, in accordance with Article 45 of the African Charter …

(24 March 2022) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the continued deterioration of security in Sudan. In Jebel moon locality in West Darfur, armed attacks by the Arab nomads have continued despite the signing of a non-aggression pact on 9 December 2021 between the …

(23 March 2022) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including arbitrary arrests and incommunicado detention of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this brief, ACJPS gives an update on various …

(7 March 2022) Madam High Commissioner, FIDH and its member organisations in Sudan, ACJPS and SHRM, welcome Mr. Adama Dieng  in his new position [as Human Rights Expert for Sudan]. Our organisations continue to condemn the military coup which constitutes a significant setback against the aspirations of Sudanese people. Since …

(26 February 2022) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern about the surge of targeted attacks by armed militia against civilians in the Darfur region.  From 15 December 2021 to 17 February 2022, ACJPS documented twenty incidents involving attacks on civilians in North, West, South and Central …

(22 February 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 …

(21 December 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in West, North and South Darfur where violent attacks have left several casualties. ACJPS has documented the killing of 22 civilians in a renewed attack by armed …

(16 December 2021) The patterns of human rights crimes committed over the past two months since the military coup of 25 October 2021 are all too familiar to the Sudanese people. The same conduct used during the al Bashir regime to terrorise civilians throughout the country is now being used to …

(15 December 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern about the increased violence against and obstruction of health care by security forces since the coup. Measures taken by authorities have hindered the provision of urgent medical care and violated several human rights of peaceful protesters. …

(9 December 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including arbitrary arrests and incommunicado detention of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various …