Following the outbreak of war on April 15, 2023, between SAF and RSF, reports from national organizations and international bodies have documented a rise in violations, including kidnapping, detention, and disappearance of individuals.
Read MoreACJPS has a vision of a Sudan where all people can live and prosper free from fear and want in a state committed to justice, equality and peace.
Following the outbreak of war on April 15, 2023, between SAF and RSF, reports from national organizations and international bodies have documented a rise in violations, including kidnapping, detention, and disappearance of individuals.
Read MoreThe conflict between the Sudanese Army (SAF) and the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) that broke out in April 2023, has since turned ethnic, raising fears of a possible ethnic cleansing and Genocide.
Read MoreACJPS documents new patterns of violations and early warning signs of an escalation of armed conflict that is; attacks on civilians by the RSF in Al Gazira State consequently leading to the death and displacement of hundred residents, and the armament of civilians in Eastern Sudan and Darfur region.
Read MoreThe Rapid Support Forces (RSF) currently controls four out of five Darfur states. There have been reports of increased human rights violations in areas controlled by the RSF, and ACJPS expresses deep concern for the civilians in these states. In this report, ACJPS documents the violations committed against the civilians in the Darfur region between July and September 2024.
Read MoreACJPS calls upon the Sudanese authorities to carry out an independent and impartial investigation into the kidnapping and alleged torture of Ms. Ezdihar Juma, a women human rights defender.
Read MoreAfrican Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) condemns the continued use of arbitrary arrests and incommunicado detention of Sudanese citizens by the security bodies amidst the ongoing conflict.
Read MoreIn this release, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) documents the continued systematic targeting of Arab communities by the Sudanese Army in Darfur and Kordofan States.
Read MoreAs ACJPS observes the International Day Against the Death Penalty on this 10th day of October 2024, it is crucial to advocate for a moratorium on capital punishment in Sudan, emphasizing the need for legal reforms that prioritize human rights, accountability, and the protection of all individuals, regardless of their political affiliations.
Read MoreThe African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), writes to the Commission to express our concerns and urge you to address the ongoing violations of human rights in Sudan marked by continued impunity. ACJPS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to monitor and promote respect for human rights and legal reform in Sudan.
Read MoreThe act of enforced disappearance, a crime against human dignity and a grave violation of human rights, has become a pressing concern in Sudan amidst the ongoing conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). This crisis, which erupted in April 2023, has led to numerous reported cases of enforced disappearances, highlighting the urgent need for international intervention and adherence to the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
Read MoreIn this report, ACJPS documents the Forced Prostitution trade in the city of Nyala, South Darfur as a case study of what is going on in Sudan. The report aims to shed light on the situation and provide information about the growing practice as one of the effects of the Sudan war on Women and girls.
Read MoreThe African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern for the civilians caught in the crossfire between the conflicting parties in Nyala, South Darfur.
Read MoreChairman
Hassan Shire is the Executive Director of DefendDefenders has steered the organisation through its growth over the years. He is also the Chairperson of African Defenders (Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network). Shire is a Somali/Canadian, with over 25 years’ experience working in the region. While in Canada, he worked with the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and Amnesty International Canada to create the African Human Rights Defenders Project. In 2005 he returned to Africa and founded DefendDefenders in Uganda.
Secretary
Jehanne Henry is a Senior Researcher in Human Rights Watch’s Africa division, with a focus on Sudan, South Sudan, and Kenya. Prior to joining the organization, she served as a Human Rights Officer with the United Nations Mission in Sudan based in North Darfur.
Suliman Baldo’s areas of interest and expertise include conflict resolution, emergency relief, development, and human rights in Africa, as well as international advocacy on those issues. In 2010 and 2011, Baldo provided expert advice to joint United Nations (UN) and African Union mediation teams on justice for victims of the conflict in Darfur and worked as an independent commissioner in the UN Independent Commission of Investigations into post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire.
Elizabeth Hodgkin is currently teaching in a secondary school in Eastern Equatoria State in the Republic of South Sudan. Hodgkin first came to Sudan between school and university in 1960. Following a degree in history and a diploma in education she taught in a secondary school in Zambia and then worked as a lecturer in the History Department of the University of Khartoum from 1968-73. She continued to visit Sudan frequently.
Yitiha Simbeye is a lecturer in Law at the Open University of Tanzania (OUT) in Dar es Salaam. Simbeye specializes in international criminal law and is currently coordinator of the Masters in Law in International Criminal Justice (LLM ICJ) at OUT; from 2008-11 she was head of the International & Constitutional Law Department.
Dr. Amin Mekki Medani (Late) was an expert in international human rights. He was a lawyer, policy analyst, organizational manager, development cooperation specialist, law professor, advocate and organizer. He had thirty-five years of relevant experience at the academic, judicial, governmental, non-governmental, regional and international levels.
Salih Mahmoud Osman has practiced law in Sudan since 1982. He specialises in criminal law, civil law and human rights. He was an elected MP in the Sudanese national parliament (National Assembly) in 2005 - 2010. He is a member of the Parliamentary Legislative Committee (working on law reform to bring Sudanese laws in conformity with international human rights standards). He has worked with the American Bar Association (ABA) providing legal expertise on the protection of civilians in conflict zones, since 2006.
Faisal Elbagir Faisal Elbagir is a prominent Sudanese journalist and human rights defender. He is the founder and Coordinator General of Journalists for Human Rights – Sudan, an organization monitoring the freedom of expression and media.
Dismas Nkunda is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Atrocities Watch Africa.
African Commission on Human and People’s Rights:
Read MoreAfrican Committee of Expert on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Read MoreThe Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Read MoreArab Committee for Human Rights
Read MoreOffice of the High Commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR)
Read MoreOffice of the High Commissioner for human Rights (OHCHR) Sudan
Read MoreThe International Criminal Court (ICC) investigates and, where warranted, tries individuals charged with the gravest crimes of concern to the international community: genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity and the crime of aggression.
Read MoreIn-depth research and analysis on key legal issues in Sudan, including Sudan’s compliance with international and regional human rights commitments
Learn MoreThe African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) is the main human rights body for Africa. It was established in 1987 following the adoption of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights by the Organisation of African Unity (now the African Union). The African Commission is tasked with protecting and promoting human and peoples’ rights. It also interprets the Charter as it applies to particular cases and can guide African governments in ensuring their legislation and practices comply with the Charter.
Learn MoreThe ACJPS Human Rights Monitoring Programme is dedicated to documenting urgent cases of individuals at risk and emerging situations of concern throughout Sudan.
Learn MoreThe African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission), during its during its 77th Ordinary Session, held from 20 October to 09 November 2023 in Arusha, Tanzania considered your application and granted Observer Status to your Organization, African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, under the Reference No. OBS.557.
Learn MoreSudan: Voices of human rights defenders. Repressed dissent, conflict forgotten Palais des Nations - Room XXVII | 18 September 2015 | 1pm - 2.30pmRead More