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The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies is a non-profit, non-governmental organisation based in Africa, London and New York and devoted to promoting human rights in Sudan.
VISION
A peaceful Sudan where all people can live and prosper free from fear and want in a state committed to peace and justice.
MISSION
To bring about a Sudan committed to all human rights, the rule of law and peace in which the rights and freedoms of the individual are honoured and where all persons, groups and communities are granted their rights to non-discrimination, equality and justice.
OBJECTIVES
- To prevent human rights violations and protect those at risk;
- To hold perpetrators of serious violations and international crimes to account;
- To ensure effective access to justice and to obtain reparation for victims of gross human rights violations and serious violations of international humanitarian law; and
- To entrench human rights in Sudanese governance, society and culture.
STRATEGIES
- Use of strategic litigation and to provide legal assistance to individuals and groups to defend their rights and freedoms, and to seek and obtain reparation;
- Advocacy for, and technical support to, advance legal and institutional reforms aimed at implementing international human rights standards and making constitutional rights effective;
- Advocacy for, and provision of support to, efforts to use mechanisms designed to hold perpetrators of serious violations of human rights and international crimes to account;
- Monitoring, documenting and reporting on human rights violation in Sudan and the region;
- Provision of legal and human rights education and training as well as media campaigns to raise awareness of the rights and freedoms of individuals and groups, and to foster a culture of human rights.
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