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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Nouakchott, Mauritania – 26 April 2018 Your Excellency the Honorable Chairperson of ACHPR Honorable Commissioners, Ladies and Gentlemen, On 28 September 2009, the leaders of…
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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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Summary of the facts The women by name, Dorothy Njemanze, Edu Ene Okoro, Justina Etim and Amarachi Jessyforth were abducted and assaulted sexually, physicaly, verbally…
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Banjul, 12 October 2017 The ECOWAS Court today, 12 October 2017, delivered its judgment in the case between Dorothy Njemanze and 3 others v The…
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20 September 2017 The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) and Mali-based partner Association pour le Progrès et la Défense des Droits…
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IHRDA and partner Safe Hands for Girls (SHG) on 18-19 July 2017 organized a training workshop for Gambian Prosecutors and Child Welfare Officers, on legal…
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25 July 2017 IHRDA has launched Mali’s profile on its online Sexual Gender-Based Violence (SGBV) database, today 25 July 2017, available at http://sgbv.ihrda.org/country/mali/. The primary aim…
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25 Nov 2016 IHRDA yesterday 24 November 2016 organized a workshop to validate a collection of legal resources (laws and court judgments) relevant to sexual…
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