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To read the PDF versions, click here. FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights and its member organization for Sudan African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Geneva, Kampala, 21 September 2016: Sudan’s failure to accept key recommendations made during its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR) has confirmed the …

 (6 June 2016) Ten civilians and one police officer were killed during attacks on Azernei village, West Darfur, launched by members of Sudan’s paramilitary Border Guards. On the afternoon of 22 May 2016, an estimated 70 Border Guards attacked Azernei police station and killed a police officer. Members of Sudan’s Armed …

(19 April 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) today published a joint briefing for UN member states setting out key concerns and recommendations to improve the human rights situation in …

(15 April 2016) On 6 April 2016 the Special Terrorism Court in Khartoum (Court 1), headed by Judge Abdien Hamad Ali, sentenced twenty-two South Sudanese nationals who were formerly members of the Darfuri rebel Justice and Equality Movement – Bakhiet Abdulkariem Dabajo wing (JEM – Dabajo) to death after convicting …

58th Ordinary Session of the Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Banjul, The Gambia, 6-20 April 2016 Public Session Item 3: Human Rights Situation in Africa Read by Angelina Seeka of End Impunity  Madame Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, State Delegates, representatives of NHRIs and NGOs; all protocols respectfully observed. This …

Sudan’s security forces conduct arbitrary arrests, use excessive force and beat students in El Geneina (8 February 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about new reports of arbitrary detention, custodial violence and excessive use of force by the Sudanese authorities in El Geneina, …

(14 January 2016) Sudanese authorities should immediately put in place measures to ensure the protection of civilians in and around El Geneina, the capital city of West Darfur state, and reign in state security forces following the lethal shooting of at least ten civilians by police and security personnel and …

Why South Africa should stand up when Sudan lets perpetrators off the hook By Mossaad Mohamed Ali, Executive Director, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies The history of Sudan is of near-continuous armed conflict since the country gained independence from British colonization in 1956. Conflict broke out in Darfur …

(Nairobi, October 20, 2015) – India should not welcome Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, 21 international and African nongovernmental organizations said today. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has warrants out for his arrest to face charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur. India has invited al-Bashir and …

(7 October 2015) ACJPS is pleased to announce the arrival of its new Executive Director, Mr. Mossaad Mohamed Ali. Mossaad Mohamed Ali is a human rights lawyer and conflict resolution specialist. He previously served as Director of the Amel Centre for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture in …