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
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
Arusha, 23/24 October 2023: IHRDA partners in Togo, Benin, Cote d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso enjoin the ACHPR to take action regarding human rights violations in…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 25, 2023
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
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
Banjul, 14 December 2021: IHRDA is organising a 2-day sensitization workshop, 14-15 December 2021, with key Gambia actors and stakeholders on the decriminalization and improved…
Bessem AyukDecember 14, 2021
Banjul, 19 May 2021: The ACHPR has found Republic of Congo responsible for the death of Guy Yambo, a Congolese man who died in police…
Brice Martial DjeugoueMay 24, 2021
Banjul, 22 October 2020 The Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA) strongly condemns police brutality manifested during the peaceful protests by youths…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 23, 2020
143 families of victims of police violence & over 360 civil society organizations, including IHRDA, have endorsed a letter to the UN High Commissioner for…
Brice Martial DjeugoueAugust 5, 2020
