Banjul, 8 April 2025: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) has today, 8 April 2025, handed…
Bessem AyukApril 9, 2025
One Year of Inaction: Sierra Leone fails to implement ECOWAS Court judgment on police accountability
Freetown, 3 March 2025 – One year after the landmark ruling by the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice (the Court) in the case of Mohamed…
Bessem AyukMarch 3, 2025
Arusha, 5 February 2025 – The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights has delivered a landmark judgment in the case of Centre for Human…
Bessem AyukFebruary 5, 2025
Freetown, 7 November 2024: In a landmark judgment, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Community Court of Justice has ruled in favour of…
Bessem AyukNovember 12, 2024
This case was filed on 2 September 2021 before the ECOWAS Court. The victim, a farmer and politician, was attacked and gang-raped on her farm…
Bessem AyukOctober 1, 2024
Conakry, 7 August 2024: IHRDA and Les Mêmes Droits pour Tous (MDT) have concluded a public dialogue with key stakeholders in Guinea on the implementation…
Bessem AyukAugust 8, 2024
Banjul, 5 August 2024: IHRDA and Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights welcome the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ landmark decision finding that Government…
Bessem AyukAugust 6, 2024
Yaounde, 15 May 2024: IHRDA and Finders Group Initiative (FGI) have concluded a public dialogue with key stakeholders in Cameroon on the implementation of decision…
Bessem AyukMay 15, 2024
Freetown, 28 February 2024: IHRDA and AdvocAid obtain landmark judgement in Sierra Leone police accountability case before ECOWAS Court. Case concerns shooting of victim called…
Bessem AyukFebruary 28, 2024
