Congo (Brazzaville)

May 23, 2019

A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Governments in the region should swiftly implement the Nairobi recommendations. The countless victims of atrocities and human rights violations in the Great Lakes region need more than just words.

International Justice

May 23, 2019 Dispatches

A Call for Justice in Africa’s Great Lakes Region

Lewis Mudge
Director, Central Africa
International Justice

February 1, 2017 Dispatches

AU's 'ICC Withdrawal Strategy' Less than Meets the Eye

Elise Keppler
Associate Director, International Justice Program
Africa

There’s a new fashion among African presidents bent on clinging to power: the constitutional coup. Military coups are no longer de rigueur, in part because the African Union has said it won’t recognize governments that come to power by means of such blatant tactics.

November 3, 2015 Commentary

Africa’s Softer, Gentler Coups d’Etat

Anneke Van Woudenberg
Deputy Director, Africa Division

Published In: Foreign Policy

Reports More Reports

December 1, 2003

Policy Paralysis

A Call for Action on HIV/AIDS-Related Human Rights Abuses Against Women and Girls in Africa

News

December 31, 2013 Commentary

Silver Lining: The Year 2013 in Human Rights

Kenneth Roth
Executive Director

Published In: Foreign Policy
August 28, 2013 Defenders

Abbé Benoît Kinalegu, Democratic Republic of Congo
June 28, 2012 Commentary

U.S. Must Enforce Ban on Child Soldiers

Jo Becker
Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Politico
March 23, 2012 Commentary

Child soldiers: A worldwide scourge

Jo Becker
Advocacy Director, Children's Rights Division

Published In: Los Angeles Times
March 15, 2012 Impact

Justice in Congo
July 30, 2009 Statement

African Civil Society Urges African States Parties to the Rome Statute to Reaffirm Their Commitment to the ICC
October 3, 2008 News Release

United States: President Bush Signs Law on Child Soldiers
November 14, 2006 News Release

Congo-Brazzaville: Authorities Try to Silence Anticorruption Activists
January 14, 2005 Impact

Burundi/Congo: HRW Report Praised by Congo Minister for Aiding Peace
July 2, 2003 Statement

President Bush's Trip to Africa

Daily Brief

June 18, 2019

Death of former Egyptian president calls for investigation; Hong Kong’s chief executive apologizes but does not back down; UN condemns own response to Myanmar’s crackdown on Rohingya; fuelling teenage pregnancies in the Dominican Republic; draconian evictions in Guinea; the dangers of environmental reporting; Saudi teenager not to be executed; and support for the rights of intersex people on the rise.