
Consultancy to develop toolkit on climate change and biodiversity legal interventions in West Africa
Banjul, 24 November 2023: Within the framework of the IHRDA-Action for Justice (A4J) Climate Change and Biodiversity Law in Africa project, funded by Stichting Foundation…

Honorable Chairperson and Members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (Committee), Excellencies, Honorable State Delegates, Ladies and…
Bessem AyukNovember 9, 2023

Banjul, 27 October 2023: IHRDA is concluding its first-ever child rights strategic litigation training and case-identification workshop for lawyers and child rights civil society activists…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 27, 2023

Arusha, 23/24 October 2023: IHRDA partners in Togo, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso enjoin the ACHPR to take action regarding human rights violations in…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 25, 2023

Arusha, 22 October 2023: Honourable Chairperson and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Excellencies, Honourable State Party Delegates, and Distinguished Colleagues…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 24, 2023

Banjul, 10 October 2023: Emilia Siwingwa has joined the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) as Executive Director. Emilia, who hails from…
Bessem AyukOctober 10, 2023

Banjul, 7 September 2023: IHRDA invites qualified and interested persons to apply for consultancies to analyze selected decisions from African regional human rights mechanisms in…
Brice Martial DjeugoueSeptember 7, 2023

Banjul, 31 August 2023: IHRDA, 28 August 2023, filed a case against Botswana before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of…
Bessem AyukSeptember 2, 2023

Banjul, 31 July 2023: IHRDA, in partnership with The Forum Against Harmful Practices (FAHP) and Purposeful, files case against Sierra Leone for failing to protect…
Bessem AyukJuly 31, 2023

Banjul, 6 July 2023: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court), 5 July 2023, ordered The Gambia…
Bessem AyukJuly 6, 2023