Human Rights

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...

Speakers at the 69th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights have painted a gloomy picture of the human rights situation in the continent. They complained...

More than 60,000 refugees have voluntarily returned to Burundi this year, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. This is seen as a sign of success for the...

International efforts to halt the fighting in Ethiopia and stop the country’s slide into a humanitarian disaster have intensified as fears escalated that rebel pressure on Addis Ababa would lead...