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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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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…
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Brief Facts Interights, the Institute Human Rights and Development in Africa and Association Mauritanienne des Droits de l’Homme filed communication 242/01 against Mauritania in April…
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