Month: November 2021

Faced with the criticism and disappointment that greeted the release of its much-awaited final report last week after it became apparent that the contents would not be revealed, The Gambia’s ...

The freeing from detention of war crimes suspect Hassan Bouba Ali in total disregard of the orders of the Special Criminal Court sitting in Bangui raises serious questions about the ...

By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net The start of the hearing of the appeal of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen is set for February 14 to 18, 2022. According to ...

By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net and Mary Wasike mary.wasike@jfjustice.net International Criminal Court Prosecutor Karim Khan has petitioned the Security Council to ask the United Nations to fund his office to enable ...

The reinstatement of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has not achieved its expected objective of calming tensions in Sudan’s cities by getting protesters off the streets. Instead, the demonstrations have continued, ...

The Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the incidence of violence against women and girls, according to a UN Women report released to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council has been petitioned to convene a special session to discuss the human rights crisis in Ethiopia and set up an investigative mechanism. “We call ...

By Waceke Njoroge bnjoroge@jfjustice.net The trial of Central African Republic nationals Alfred Yekatom and Patrice-Edouard Ngaïssona at the International Criminal Court in The Hague has taken a break until November ...

Betrayed and disappointed. These two words aptly describe the sentiments of the victims of human rights violations in The Gambia who had hoped that the government of President Adama Barrow ...

Amnesty International has launched a second Urgent Action in as many months in its bid to get jailed Burundi lawyer Tony Germain Nkina released. The human rights group’s latest action ...