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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 …

(6 August 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of security in Sudan, specifically in the Dafur region where several militia attacks and tribal clashes have left hundreds dead and several injured. ACJPS has documented another incident of tribal clash in West …

29 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern for the physical safety and well-being of 72 people arbitrarily arrested and detained incommunicado without charge by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Detainees were arrested at the Sudanese border with the Republic of Chad while …

(14 July 2020) REDRESS and partners welcome the law reforms announced by the Sudanese Ministry of Justice over the weekend, which move Sudan a step closer towards eliminating structural violence against women and minorities, and complying with its human rights obligations. The reforms include the abolition of the crime of apostasy, which until now was punishable with the death penalty in Sudan. Further, the …

 (2 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented two incidents of attack against civilians by armed militia in Central Darfur state. The attacks left two civilians killed, two officers of Sudanese armed force injured and a young woman raped. One incident occurred on 14 June …

 (15 June 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern with the surge of targeted attacks against civilians in Darfur since late May 2020. ACJPS has documented four incidents involving attacks on civilians in five villages in the states of Central, North and South Darfur that left …

Harmonizing the NSA in line with the 2019  Constitutional Charter will ensure legal clarity on the roles, obligations and accountability by the NISS  (31 January 2020) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the Transitional government to urgently amend the National Security Act (NSA) 2010 and ensure …

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. …

29 January 2019 Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Re: Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights abuses committed in Sudan  Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned …