Honourable Chairperson and Members of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (the Committee), Excellencies, Honourable State Delegates, Ladies…
Bessem AyukApril 14, 2025
African Court admits RFK Human Rights, IHRDA as amici curiae in case on electoral rights in Tanzania
Banjul and Washington, D.C., 20 March 2025: The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Court) has granted the request by the Institute for…
Bessem AyukMarch 21, 2025
Honourable Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, esteemed representatives of African States, and esteemed civil society colleagues, It is with a deep sense of urgency and profound concern…
Bessem AyukOctober 23, 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
Banjul, 4 March 2024: Family members of Mahawa Cham (victim of enforced disappearance in the Gambia) have sued The Gambia before the Court of Justice…
Bessem AyukApril 3, 2024
Banjul, 28 February 2024: IHRDA, 27 February 2024, filed case against The Gambia before the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African…
Bessem AyukApril 3, 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
Banjul, 6 July 2023: The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court), 5 July 2023, ordered The Gambia…
Bessem AyukJuly 6, 2023
Banjul, 19 June 2023: The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) has urged Government of Burundi to immediately prosecute and punish perpetrators of…
Bessem AyukJune 19, 2023
