The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights has determined that Kenya is in violation of its obligations under the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights by failing to ...
A German court Monday sentenced two Rwandan rebel leaders to long jail terms for masterminding massacres in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo from their homes in Germany, capping a trial ...
PARIS – French judges have dropped the case against Rwandan priest Wenceslas Munyeshyaka for his alleged role in the country’s 1994 genocide, a judicial source said Tuesday. Munyeshyaka was accused ...
Victims of rights violations have questioned the government’s sincerity in establishing a Sh10 billion ($100 million) restorative justice fund while actively undermining court awards of compensation. Over 100 victims of ...
The Democratic Republic of Congo government should urgently reform the country’s justice system to better prosecute atrocities, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. The 102-page report, “Justice on ...
Kenya and South Africa are attempting to open debate on the use of prior recorded testimony, the duty to arrest and surrender a sitting Head of State. The states have ...
South Africa is not about to withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC), despite the ANC resolving at a conference earlier this month that the government should do exactly that. ...
Amnesty International (AI) urges the Assembly of State Parties to the Rome Statute to reject Kenya’s and South Africa’s proposed agenda items at the opening of the the 14th ASP ...
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