Free-Town, 9 August 2022: Eight victims of police shooting during a public protest in Makeni in July 2020 have sued Sierra Leone before the Court…
Bessem AyukAugust 9, 2022
Banjul, 2 August 2022: IHRDA is organising a workshop, 2-3 August 2022, in Accra to sensitize executives of Bar Associations in Anglophone West African countries…
Bessem AyukAugust 2, 2022
Banjul, 22 July 2022: IHRDA has concluded a public dialogue with key stakeholders in Kenya on the implementation of decisions of the African Commission on…
Bessem AyukJuly 23, 2022
Banjul, 19 July 2022: IHRDA has concluded a regional training workshop for human rights defenders (HRDs) in Africa on mainstreaming human rights in the African…
Bessem AyukJuly 20, 2022
Banjul, 14 July 2022: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) has condemned Sierra Leone for failing…
Bessem AyukJuly 14, 2022
Banjul, 4 May 2022: IHRDA is acting as Legal Counsel for AdvocAid Sierra Leone in a case recently filed at the Economic Community of West…
Bessem AyukMay 4, 2022
Banjul, 20 April 2022: IHRDA, in collaboration with American Bar Association-Rule of Law Initiative (ABA-ROLI) Office, The Gambia and Global Initiative for Justice, Truth and…
Bessem AyukApril 26, 2022
Honourable Chairperson and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, All protocols observed, The Institute for Human Rights…
Bessem AyukApril 26, 2022
This case was filed on 2 September 2021 before the ECOWAS Court. The victim was raped on in January 2019 by a Paramount Chief of…
Bessem AyukMarch 25, 2022
