Human Rights
Jammeh should be prosecuted for crimes against humanity, says truth commission
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...
Read moreDetailsNow that TRRC report is out, world is watching for action on Yahya Jammeh
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...
Read moreDetailsChildren paying a high price for the fighting in CAR
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...
Read moreDetailsCold welcome waiting for UN human rights experts as Ethiopia turns tables on rebels
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...
Read moreDetailsCovid-19, climate threaten human rights, says UN
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...
Read moreDetailsReturn of Hamdok fails to restore peace in Sudan
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,...
Read moreDetailsNGOs want Human Rights Council to convene special session on Ethiopia
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...
Read moreDetailsAmnesty International intensifies bid for release of Burundi lawyer
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...
Read moreDetailsImpunity is not an option: Human rights defenders push for prosecutions in The Gambia
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...
Read moreDetailsWorsening human rights situation dominates debate at African Commission meeting
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...
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