2 March 2021 This report is based on the work of monitors on the ground in South Sudan who are working for a local human rights organization. Both these monitors and the organization must remain anonymous based on an assessment of security concerns. These monitors received training from two international …
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(3 February 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern about the surge of targeted attacks against civilians in the Darfur region since January 2021. From 24-25 January 2020, ACJPS documented two incidents involving attacks on civilians in villages in East Jebel Marra in South Darfur …
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This report is based on research conducted onsite in South Sudan by internationally trained local monitors working for a national human rights organization. The monitors and the organization must remain anonymous given present security concerns. The information reported meets the threshold for initiating an investigation before a judicial mechanism, as …
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(27 October 2020)African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the influx of Sudanese fighters (mercenaries) into Libya. In a report published by the Guardian, there are at least 3,000 Sudanese fighters now fighting in Libya. A report by the United Nations indicated that the fighters …
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(20 October 2020) This report is part of a joint project by ACJPS, Lawyers for Justice in Libya, MENA Rights Group, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights and REDRESS to end Enforce Disappearances in Africa. The project supports human rights lawyers and victims’ groups to bring cases challenging enforced disappearances. It …
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(20 October 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcomes the release of five artists imprisoned on baseless charges. On 29 September 2019, ACJPS reported the arbitrary arrest and imprisonment of the artists on charges under articles 69 (disturbing of public peace) and 77 (public nuisance) of Sudanese Penal …
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(5.10.2020) Une coalition d’ONG incluant l’African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), MENA Rights Group, REDRESS et Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) salue la résolution de la Commission Africaine des Droits de l’Homme et des Peuples (la Commission) appelant à l’élaboration de directives …
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(5.10.2020) An NGO coalition comprising the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL), MENA Rights Group, REDRESS and Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) welcome a resolution of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission) calling for guidelines aimed at ending …
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(29 September 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the Sudanese judiciary to quash the sentence and release five artists imprisoned on charges under articles 69 (disturbing of public peace) and 77 (public nuisance) of Sudanese Panel code 1991. Authorities should put in place measures to ensure …
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(10 September 2020) Joint Open Letter To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland 9 September 2020 The Human Rights Council should support systemic human rights reforms in Sudan Excellencies, Ahead of the 45th session of the UN Human Rights …
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