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Decided CasesExtrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeStatements / Press Releases

Gambia Supreme Court rules in favour of IHRDA’s Amicus Curiae in Yankuba Touray case

Banjul, 27 Jan. 2021: IHRDA and a team of Gambian lawyers have today 27 January 2021 obtained a favorable decision from the Gambia Supreme Court…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueFebruary 8, 2021
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsGovernance/PoliticsLandmark CasesLatest NewsSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

ECOWAS Court orders Sierra Leone to revoke policy banning pregnant girls from mainstream school

Banjul, 12 December 2019: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) has ruled that the Republic of…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueDecember 13, 2019
Displacement of Persons / NationalityGovernance/PoliticsPending Cases

Case of political persecution and abuse of right to citizenship papers against Rwanda

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…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMarch 21, 2019
ChildrenDecided CasesESCRsGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press ReleasesWomen / Girls

Case of policy that violates right to education of pregnant girls, against Sierra Leone

Banjul, 17/05/2018 - The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA), international women's rights organisation Equality Now, and various human rights organizations in Sierra Leone have filed…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueMay 17, 2018
ChildrenGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsStatements / Press Releases

Statement by IHRDA on the status of implementation of the agreement between Malawi and IHRDA in the Malawi Children’s Case – 31st Ordinary Session of the ACERWC

Bamako, Mali - 25 April 2018 In 2014, IHRDA had filed a case against Malawi before the ACERWC, challenging the definition of child in Malawi’s…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueApril 25, 2018
Governance/PoliticsLatest NewsLaw EnforcementStatements / Press Releases

Statement: IHRDA condemns unlawful arrest and detention of Dr Ismaila Ceesay, calls on Gambia Gov’t to uphold its human rights obligations

Banjul, 1 February 2018 IHRDA condemns the unlawful arrest and detention of Political Scientist, Dr Ismaila Ceesay, by The Gambia Police on 31 January 2018…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueFebruary 1, 2018
ESCRsGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticePending CasesRight to LifeStatements / Press Releases

Ebola Survivors, Centre for Accountability and Rule of Law file a human rights violation complaint in the ECOWAS Court against the Republic of Sierra Leone

18 December, 2017 Freetown, Sierra Leone. Two survivors of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, with support from the Centre for Accountability and Rule…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueDecember 18, 2017
Governance/PoliticsLatest NewsStatements / Press Releases

IHRDA’s Statement on the Annulment of Results of The Gambia’s Presidential Election by Out-going President on 9 December 2016

Banjul, 13 December 2016 On 1 December 2016, Gambians went to the polls and voted in the country’s Presidential Election. On 2 December 2016, the…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueDecember 13, 2016
Freedom of Expression/Assembly/AssociationGovernance/PoliticsPending Cases

Case against Ethiopia before the African Commission, on restriction to freedom of expression and the right to vote

IHRDA in collaboration with RFK Human Rights filed the case before the African Commission in December 2015 which addresses violations of the right to vote…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 25, 2016
Extrajudicial Killing / Enforced DisappearanceGovernance/PoliticsLatest NewsLaw EnforcementMassive Human Rights Violations / Transitional JusticeRight to LifeSexual and Gender-Based ViolenceStatements / Press Releases

Statement of IHRDA on human rights situation in Burundi @ ACHPR 58th OS

The Honorable Chairperson of the Commission, Honorable Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen, Since the announcement of the candidacy of President Pierre Nkurunziza to seek a third…
Brice Martial Djeugoue
Brice Martial DjeugoueApril 8, 2016
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      • IHRDA
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      • Others
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