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ESCRs Latest News Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Statements / Press Releases Women / Girls

Joint Statement by IHRDA & Equality Now @ the 28th Ordinary Session of the ACERWC

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adminOctober 25, 2016

Decided Cases ESCRs Fair Trial / Judiciary Latest News Law Enforcement Right to Life Torture

Case of torture in custody against Guinea

IHRDA and local partner Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT) filed this case on 9 August 2016 against the Republic of Guinea before the ECOWAS…

adminSeptember 6, 2016

Children Decided Cases ESCRs Women / Girls

Discriminatory provisions of Mali’s Family Code in conflict with the Maputo Protocol

Overview This case was filed before the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights on 26 July 2016, and demands that the African Court should…

adminAugust 1, 2016

Children ESCRs Latest News Statements / Press Releases

Commemorating the Day of the African Child, 16 June, 2016 – Statement by IHRDA

Africa and the rest of the world commemorate the Day of the African Child (DAC) today June 16, 2016 with the theme, “Conflict and Crisis…

adminJune 16, 2016

Children ESCRs Latest News Statements / Press Releases Torture Women / Girls

IHRDA’s Statement at the 27th Ordinary Session of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child

Addis Abeba, Ethiopia - 2 May, 2016 Honourable Chairperson and members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child,…

adminMay 3, 2016

Completed Projects ESCRs

Training of Sudanese Lawyers on the African Human Rights System

The IHRDA organized a 3-day training in April 2015 with 12 Sudanese lawyers, during which they were given an overview of the African Human Rights…

adminDecember 11, 2015

Children Decided Cases ESCRs

Miscellaneous Civil Cause No 129 of 2012 between The State (Republic of Malawi) and The Second Grade Magistrate Court (Thyolo) & Malawi Prisons Service – Ex Parte Stanford Kashuga

The Child Care, Protection and Justice Act of Malawi defined a child as anyone below the age of 16, contrary to 18 as stipulated by…

adminDecember 8, 2015

ESCRs Forced Eviction Pending Cases

Communication 506/15 – Ngambio Ninon Pachel v. Republic of Congo

The case was initiated following the forceful eviction of the complainant from his home in Brazzaville by the Congolese Military. We submitted our admissibility brief…

adminDecember 8, 2015

Children ESCRs Latest News Statements / Press Releases

Commemorating the Day of the African Child, 16 June, 2015

Statement by IHRDA The theme of this year’s edition of the Day of the African Child is: "25 years after the Adoption of the African…

adminJune 16, 2015

Decided Cases ESCRs Fair Trial / Judiciary Law Enforcement

247/02 – IHRDA (on behalf of Jean Simbarakiye) / Democratic Republic of Congo

Brief Facts The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) filed communication 247/02 (on behalf of Jean Simbarakiya) against DRC before the African Commission…

adminSeptember 30, 2013