The Forty-seventh Ordinary Session of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was held on…
IHRDA delivers a statement on the murder of Prof. Gilles Cistac in Maputo, Mozambique at the 56th ACHPR Session. STATEMENT TO THE 56TH ORDINARY SESSION…
Over twenty national and international human rights and non-governmental organisations have harnessed their voices to cry out for justice with regard to the death sentence…
23 February 2015 Banjul--The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (the IHRDA) announces that Katherine Mulhern has been appointed as interim executive director…
Joint Public Statement: AFR 38/001/2015 On 15 January 2015, the court of Rosso, a town in southern Mauritania, sentenced three anti-slavery activists and…
The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Action against Impunity for Human Rights (ACIDH) wish to express their deep concern on…
As we observe the 2012 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, it is sadly clear that gender-based violence remains a serious issue…
IHRDA Statement on the 20th Ordinary Session of ACERWC 12-16 November 2012, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA)…