Thematic Reports

Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Uganda IGAD Secretariat IGAD Conflict Early Warning and Response Mechanism   13 African civil society organisations call for strong IGAD response to uprising in Sudan 1 March 2019 Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned African civil society organisations, write …

Joint press release Kampala, Paris, The Hague, 4 March 2019 – Ten years ago today, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a historic first arrest warrant against Omar Al-Bashir, sitting President of Sudan, for his alleged responsibility for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, a region that …

 (5 March 2019) ACJPS has received information indicating that National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has released 51 detainees arrested for their actual or suspected involvement in the popular protests in Sudan. Those released include 14 journalists, 16 human rights defenders, 14 political activists, 2 doctors and 5 students. They were …

Kampala, Paris, 20 February 2019 – The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and FIDH are deeply concerned about the safety of 30 women detained without access to lawyers or family members by the Sudanese National Security Intelligence Services (NISS) in Omdurman women’s prison. The detainees were targeted …

(19 February 2019)  ACJPS has received information on the arbitrary arrest and detention of 116 political activists between December 2018 and February 2019 for their participation or suspected involvement in the ongoing anti-government protests. At least three detainees, including 1 female have been subjected to six-month detention under the emergency law in …

For the past few weeks, since mid-December last year, Sudan has been witnessing a wave of mass protests demanding the stepping down of the thirty-year rule of President Bashir. These protests came as a result of the cumulative economic and political crisis that was caused by three decades of dictatorship …

15 February 2019 Over the past few years, cooperation between the European Union and the League of Arab States has included “finding common solutions to common problems,” for instance reaching solutions for the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya. Nevertheless, concerns were raised over the EU’s problematic approach to managing …

JOINT PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY / ACJPS                                                      Geneva-Paris-Kampala, February 12, 2019  The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies express their utmost concerns over the violent crackdown targeting human rights defenders participating in ongoing peaceful protests in Sudan. Since …

— OPEN LETTER — 6 February 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Excellencies, Representatives of the AU Peace and Security Council Member States, H.E. Chairperson Mr. Moussa Faki, African Union Commission, Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned African civil society organisations, write with deep concern about the deterioration of the situation in Sudan. …

EU-LAS Summit Should Not Include Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (4 February 2019) Brussels-The European Union should state publicly that it will withdraw from an upcoming joint summit of the European Union and League of Arab States unless there is a guarantee that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a suspected war criminal, …