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
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, 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
Banjul, 3 April 2023: IHRDA and Centre de Documentation et de Formation sur les Droits de l’Homme (CDFDH), 22 March 2023, filed case against Togo…
Bessem AyukApril 3, 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
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
Banjul, 12 February 2020: The “Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa” (IHRDA) and two Gambian lawyers on 22 January 2020 filed a lawsuit…
Brice Martial DjeugoueFebruary 12, 2020
Honourable Chairperson, Honourable Commissioners, State delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, This is a joint statement from the Institute for Human Rights and Development in Africa (IHRDA)…
Brice Martial DjeugoueOctober 25, 2019
We filed the complaint before the ACHPR on 24 September 2018. The case pertains to police arrest and torture of Cathy Basongo (member of the civil…
Brice Martial DjeugoueDecember 6, 2018
