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February 1, 2017

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

The African Union made headlines Tuesday for purportedly agreeing to mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. The reality is more complex.

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
LGBT Rights

With the slaughter of civilians in Syria still horribly unrestrained, it is easy to be discouraged about human rights. There is, of course, every reason for outrage about Syria, and about the international community's narrow focus on peace talks, unlikely as they are to succeed anytime soon, without any comparable effort to stop the killing of civilians while the fighting continues.

December 31, 2013 Commentary

Silver Lining: The Year 2013 in Human Rights

Kenneth Roth
Executive Director

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

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

February 22, 2019

Concerns for civilians as 'Islamic State' defends its last territory; Saudi arms sales put UK on wrong side of law; Turkey should drop bogus coup charges; civilians caught in tightening siege in Derna, Libya; justice is vital to peace in Central African Republic; Talibé children deserve protection in Senegal; outspoken senator Leila de Lima has been arbitrarily detained for 2 years now in Philippines; and will Europe's Christian democrat establishment finally #ExpelFidesz?