Human Rights

As had been widely expected, the report of The Gambia’s Truth Reconciliation and Reparations Commission, which was finally released to the public on December 24, 2021, has former president Yahya...

The truth commission wants former Gambian president Yahya Jammeh prosecuted for crimes against humanity for the widespread human rights violations that characterised his 22-year dictatorship. The commissioners have recommended that...

Now that the final report of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission in The Gambia is out and its recommendations known, the families of the victims of former president Yahya...

The United Nations Secretary-General has asked parties to the conflict in the Central African Republic to end violations against children and abide by international humanitarian law and international human rights...

An international commission of experts mandated to investigate allegations of human rights violations and abuses by all parties to the conflict in Ethiopia is likely to face stiff opposition from...

By Janet Sankale janet.sankale@jfjustice.net Mary Wasike mary.wasike@jfjustice.net The Covid-19 pandemic and the climate crisis pose new threats to human rights, the United Nations said as the world marked the International...

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 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...

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...

Human rights abusers recommended for prosecution in the much-awaited report of The Gambia’s truth commission must be held criminally accountable for their actions, activists and lawyers have said. “Whether it...