• Helen, 16, stands with her husband Jade, 50, outside their home in a village near Juba.
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    Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights
    Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. “I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver safely. On Monday she said I was weak.
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  • Senegal: Hissène Habré in Police Custody
    Jun 30, 2013
    The placing of Hissène Habré, Chad’s former dictator, into police custody in Senegal on June 30 is a milestone in thelong campaign to bring him to justice.
  • Human Rights in Sudan
    Jun 19, 2013
  • Letter to AU Chair on Civil Society and the AU Summit
    May 24, 2013

    We, the undersigned civil society organisations working throughout Africa, wish to express our disappointment and concern at the reports of the decision of the African Union (AU) Heads of State, and your Office’s endorsement thereof, to limit civil society participation during the May 2013 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  • Put a Spotlight on African Women’s Reproductive Rights
    May 20, 2013
    Victoria J. married in 2009 at age 14, and became pregnant shortly after. “I started labour in the morning on a Friday …. The nurse kept checking and saying I would deliver safely. On Monday she said I was weak.
  • AU has neglected human rights
    May 17, 2013
    Africa's leaders should also do some serious reflection on why they haven't made sufficient progress on human rights, writes Tiseke Kasambala.
  • AU: African Groups Call for Justice at Summit
    May 16, 2013

    Civil society groups from more than 30 African countries called on African Union (AU) member countries to ensure that the AU promotes justice for grave international crimes, in a letter to the foreign ministers of African Union member states which was made public by the groups today.
     

  • Easing Africa's Pain: The Need for Palliative Care
    May 16, 2013
    With the prevalence of chronic diseases rapidly increasing in Africa, expanding palliative care will be essential to help patients live with dignity.
  • Letter to Foreign Ministers on International Justice in Africa in Advance of AU Summit
    May 14, 2013

    We, the undersigned African civil society organisations and international organisations with a presence in Africa, working on human rights and international criminal justice, are pleased to congratulate the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), now the African Union (AU), on the occasion of its 50thAnniversary.

  • African Union: Don’t Let Them In!
    May 13, 2013

    Far from giving in to any effort by Kenya to drive a further wedge between the AU and the ICC, the AU should use its upcoming summit to call publicly for the new government’s full co-operation with the ICC.

  • African Union: Support International Justice
    Jul 10, 2012
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