Banjul, 17 May 2018: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) 17 May 2018 handed-down its judgment…
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Banjul, 11 December 2017 The African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) is today considering communication 006/Com/002/2015: Institute for…
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Banjul, 5 November 2017 We wish to bring to the attention of the Commission our concern and alarm at the continued shrinking of the…
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Banjul, 24 October 2017: Following news of the unlawful arrest of thirteen (13) human rights defenders in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, on 17 October 2017, IHRDA condemns…
adminOctober 24, 2017
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights has issued a landmark decision that found the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo responsible for…
adminAugust 4, 2017
27 October 2016, the Government of the Republic of Malawi and IHRDA set a new precedent in African child rights litigation by reaching a historic…
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Banjul, 23 September 2016 Thursday, 22 September 2016, the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and the Guinea-based non-governmental organization Les Mêmes…
adminSeptember 23, 2016
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
Madam Chairperson and honourable Commissioners, In 2004, IHRDA filed a communication on behalf of Mr Esmaila Connateh and 13 other Gambians deported from Angola in…
adminApril 13, 2016