MEDIA STATEMENT 18 February 2026 Seven leading organisations fighting to end statelessness and advancing gender equal nationality rights globally and in Africa expressed serious concern…
IHRDA IHRDAFebruary 18, 2026
One Year of Inaction: Sierra Leone fails to implement ECOWAS Court judgment on police accountability
Freetown, 3 March 2025 – One year after the landmark ruling by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (the Court) in the case of Mohamed…
Bessem AyukMarch 3, 2025
Honourable Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, esteemed representatives of African States, and esteemed civil society colleagues, It is with a deep sense of urgency and profound concern…
Bessem AyukOctober 23, 2024
Banjul, 27 June 2024: IHRDA and the Gambia National Human Rights Commission have completed a roundtable discussion with members of the Gambia press Union (GPU)…
Bessem AyukJune 28, 2024
Banjul, 31 May 2024: IHRDA and partners in joint statement express concern on proposed bill to decriminalize Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in The Gambia. We…
Bessem AyukJune 5, 2024
Arusha, 28 March 2024: The African Human Rights Mechanisms Nomination and Selection Initiative, also known as ‘the Arusha Initiative,’ announced a campaign to help identify…
Bessem AyukMarch 28, 2024
Arusha, February 21, 2024 Civil society organizations and National Human Rights Institutions engaging with the African Union (AU) human rights mechanisms call for greater transparency…
Bessem AyukFebruary 27, 2024
