Victim Voices

Victims of former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s dictatorship had their hopes of getting justice any time soon dashed as the truth commission failed to release its much-anticipated report as promised...

The government of Sudan has been urged to respect its citizens’ right to freedom of expression, association, and peaceful assembly. In a statement issued on September 27, 2021, the African...

Stalled legal reforms have left in the statute books oppressive laws that could be used to trample on the rights and freedoms of Gambians, especially as the presidential elections approach,...

The United Nations and the international community have been urged to ensure that monitoring of the human rights situation in Burundi continues. UK International Ambassador for Human Rights Rita French...

For many Kenyans, the post-election violence of 2007/2008 that brought the International Criminal Court to their doorstep and shattered their country’s vaunted image as an island of peace and democracy...

Nearly half of the 309,342 Burundian refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda are expected to return home by the end of the year, according...

Like his candidacy for the position of Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Karim Khan’s subsequent election has continued to elicit both support and opposition from members of civil society...

British barrister Karim Khan’s comeback as a frontrunner in the race to succeed the outgoing Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has revived the opposition that kept him out of...

By Susan Kendi Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today (February 4, 2021) delivered its ruling in the trial of former Lord’s Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen....

Kenya’s High Court has awarded four million Kenya shillings each as general damages to four survivors of sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) that occurred during political turmoil 12 years ago....