Français Language English A paramilitary unit controlled by then-Gambian president Yahya Jammeh summarily executed more than 50 Ghanaian, Nigerian, and other West African migrants in July 2005, Human Rights Watch and TRIAL International said today. Interviews with 30 former Gambian officials, ...
Oby Theodora Nwankwo, a Nigerian activist who tirelessly advocated for the International Criminal Court (ICC) and women’s rights, died on December 9, 2017. She was 61 years old. I got to know Oby through our common work to push back against unprincipled attacks by some African leaders on the ICC. ...
The African Union made headlines Tuesday for purportedly agreeing to mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court. The reality is more complex. The decision by AU member states welcomes the announced withdrawals by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia, adopts the “ICC withdrawal strategy,” ...
A slew of African countries reaffirmed their backing for the International Criminal Court (ICC) during the past two days, giving much-needed support to the court in the wake of recently announced withdrawals by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia. Expand The entrance of the International Criminal ...
http://www.un.org/press/en/1998/19980615.sgsm6597.html (accessed November 8, 2016). [4] Assembly of the African Union, Twenty-Sixth Ordinary Session, ... Ababa, January 31, 2016, http://www.au.int/en ... (XXVII), Kigali, July 18, 2016, http://au.int/en ...
The recent decisions by South Africa, Burundi, and Gambia to leave the International Criminal Court (ICC) are generating wide attention and speculation about a mass exodus from the court by African countries. But think it’s clear where Africa stands on the ICC? Think again. A growing number of ...
Language English Bringing Justice: the Special Court for Sierra Leone Accomplishments,Shortcomings, and Needed Support I. Introduction II. Brief Overview of the Establishment of the Special Court III. Chambers A. Establishment of the Second Trial Chamber B. Timeliness of Rulings on Motions 1. Legal ...
(Nairobi) – Burundi has taken a major step backward by officially withdrawing from the International Criminal Court, Human Rights Watch said today. Other African ICC members should distance themselves from Burundi ’s withdrawal and affirm their support for justice for victims of the gravest crimes. ...
The 27 th African Union (AU) summit closed Monday evening without an AU call for immediate mass withdrawal from the International Criminal Court in the face of strong pushback from Nigeria, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Tunisia, and even ICC non-member Algeria, media reports and observers said. Expand A ...
of some countries en route to Indonesia, although it is not known which ones. As news of the anticipated ...
(Brussels)- The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) could better encourage national trials for international crimes and deter international crimes in "situations under analysis," Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Situations under analysis- such as ...
Sent March 1, 2011 Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned organizations, urge your government to reconsider support for a United Nations Security Council deferral of investigations and prosecutions of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Kenya under article 16 of the Rome Statute. Any deferral ...
(Nice)- Heads of state attending the France-Africa summit should make a strong commitment to provide justice for victims of human rights abuses and to bring perpetrators to account, Human Rights Watch said today. The Conference of Heads of State of Africa and France will meet in Nice, France on May ...
(New York)- US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should emphasize human rights on her seven-nation trip to Africa, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Clinton. The 11-day trip, to begin on August 4, will take Clinton to Kenya, South Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, ...
Dear Secretary Clinton, Human Rights Watch welcomes your upcoming visit to Africa beginning next week. As you promote economic opportunity and growth in your seven-nation trip, we urge you to also emphasize good governance, respect for human rights, and the rule of law. These are essential to ...
Développement durable (REID), Goma, DRC 140. Réseaux Provincial des ONGDH en RDC, North Kivu, DRC 141. Rights ...
(New York)- United States President Barack Obama should use his visit to Ghana on July 10 and 11, 2009 to encourage its new president, John Atta Mills, to take a leadership position in Africa on issues of democracy and justice, Human Rights Watch said today. Atta Mills of the National Democratic ...
The established democracies are accepting flawed and unfair elections for political expediency, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2008. By allowing autocrats to pose as democrats, without demanding they uphold the civil and political rights that make democracy meaningful, ...
Nigeria’s government should launch an independent public inquiry in light of official statistics indicating that police have shot and killed more than 8,000 Nigerians since 2000, Human Rights Watch said today. The figures show 785 killed in just three months this year, while the true number of ...
In the early hours of 29 March a Land-Rover with Nigerian diplomatic number plates arrived at a border post linking north-east Nigeria with Cameroon. It passed through immigration and was on its way through customs when officials realised that among the passengers was one of the world's most ...
