The case was filed before the ACHPR on 21 March 2019 on behalf of a Rwandan refugee based in Gambia, who fled Rwanda several years back for fear of political persecution and today is allegedly refused passport renewal for political motives, when his previous passport has expired; thereby leaving him stranded in Gambia without identification […]
IHRDA statement on threats to education by the Anglophone crisis in Cameroon, ACERWC 33rd OS
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Addis Abeba, 18 March 2019 Madam Chairperson, Members of the Committee, Distinguished Participants: Since the outbreak of the Anglophone socio-political crisis in Cameroon in late 2016, schools have been systematically and deliberately targeted, either overtly or allegedly, by pro-independence fighters/separatists. At first, the strategy was to call for school boycott by children, with threats and […]
IHRDA and OHCHR-WARO organise human rights workshop for Gambia Prison Service
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BANJUL, 1 February 2019 – 25 Gambia Prison Officers have taken part in a human rights workshop organised by IHRDA and the OHCHR West Africa from 31 January to 1 February 2019, with funding from the Dutch Embassy in Dakar. The workshop was an occasion for them to reflect on how international human rights standards should inform […]
IHRDA and OHCHR-WARO organise human rights workshop for Gambia Police Force
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BANJUL, 30 January 2019 – 30 Officers of the Gambian Police Force have taken part in a human rights workshop organised by IHRDA and the OHCHR West Africa from 29 to 30 January 2019, with funding from the Dutch Embassy in Dakar. The workshop enabled participants to reflect on how they can perform their work in […]
Case of mass rape, killing and looting in Minova, against DRC
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We filed the communication before the ACHPR on 2 October 2018. The violations in this case occurred during military operations in a battle between DRC soldiers and rebels in November 2012. The case was filed on behalf of 1016 victims, including 115 women and 33 girls, who suffered many violations (torture, rape, killings, looting etc.) perpetrated […]
Case of torture resulting in miscarriage, against DRC
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We filed the complaint before the ACHPR on 24 September 2018. The case pertains to police arrest and torture of Cathy Basongo (member of the civil society group called Filimbi) in September 2016 following a sit-down protest organized by Filimbi to pressurize the electoral commission to publish the electoral calendar. During the incident, she was severely […]
Gambia Public Order Act case
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In September 2018, IHRDA filed a case against The Gambia before the ACHPR, challenging certain provisions of the Public Order Act which are in contravention of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights concerning the rights of freedom of assembly, association and expression.
IHRDA organizes training workshop for Litigants’ Group on Transitional Justice Litigation & Advocacy before African Commission
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Banjul, 29 November 2018 The “Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa” (IHRDA) is organizing a training workshop for members of the “Litigants’ Group for the Strengthening of the Protective Mandate of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights” (the Litigants’ Group), on transitional justice litigation and advocacy before the African Commission. The […]
Communiqué: Launching of ARTICLE 19 & IHRDA EU-funded project to strengthen human rights standards in The Gambia
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Banjul, 19 November 2018 ARTICLE 19 West Africa, in partnership with IHRDA, is officially launching its European Union-funded project to strengthen human rights standards in The Gambia on 21 November 2018 at Dunda Hall, Atlantic Hotel, Banjul, The Gambia starting at 10:00am. The launch will be presided over by Hon. Mariam Jack-Denton – Speaker of the […]
Job Announcement: Consultant – Women in Prison Project at Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice
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31 October 2018 The Vance Center seeks to hire a part-time consultant for a period of two years. The consultant, based in Nairobi, Kenya, will work with the Human Rights and Access to Justice Program of the Vance Center and Vance Center partner organization in Kenya, CleanStart, on a new project to study the causes, […]
