(21 December 2023) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is excited to announce the launch of our new website designed with a fresh new look and user-friendly navigation, and updated with the latest information about our work. Our team has been working tirelessly for the last couple …

(13 September 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) would like to draw the attention of Sudanese transitional authorities, South Sudanese Government, United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyi, United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in …

(9 May 2022) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the international community to urgently conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the killing 201 people and injuring of 140 others that occurred on 22 and 24 April 2022 in Krinik locality in West Darfur. Several houses …

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 …

(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 …

Much as Sudan ratified and domesticated the United Nations Trafficking Protocol in 2014, the law has had limited success in curbing human trafficking. The Transitional government must boost the rule of law in the country, so that investigation can translate into arrests and effective prosecutions. Millions of people in Sudan are …

(15 May 2014) Al-Haj Yousef Criminal Court in Khartoum Bahri today confirmed the sentence of 100 lashings and the death penalty by hanging against 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian woman convicted for adultery and apostasy on 11 May. The penalties were confirmed after Ms. Ibrahim, who is in her …

(15 May 2014) Al-Haj Yousef Criminal Court in Khartoum Bahri today confirmed the sentence of 100 lashings and the death penalty by hanging against 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian woman convicted for adultery and apostasy on 11 May. The penalties were confirmed after Ms. Ibrahim, who is in her …

Monitoring Program The March 2009 announcement by the International Criminal Court of the issuance of a warrant of arrest against Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir led to the closure of three national human rights organizations and the expulsion of 13 humanitarian NGOs in Sudan. These actions severely damaged the ability …