Press Releases

Press release on the situation of human rights in Burkina Faso
The African Commission condemns in the strongest terms the indiscriminate bombings and shelling in Sudan
Final Communique of the Inter-Mechanism Dialogue between the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
The African Commission expresses concern about recurring incidents of violence and calls for concerted action to ensure safety and security of people in Nigeria
Request for Expression of Interest from Reputable Media and Communications Company, REOI/ ACHPR/01/ 2023 - Closing Date: 26th April 2023
The African Commission calls for vigilance in heeding the lessons from the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda on the occasion of the 29th commemoration of the genocide
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights expresses concern over the excessive use of force against protesters in Kenya
Sensitization and training webinar for the dissemination of the Abidjan Rules to English-speaking countries in Africa
Press Statement on the Human Rights Situation in Senegal
Validation meeting of the study on African responses to the issue of migrants and the protection of migrants in Africa and the African guidelines on the human rights of all migrants, 18 March 2023 Virtually
Press Statement on the Flooding and Landslide caused by Cyclone Freddy in Malawi
Statement by the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa on the Occasion of the "International Women's Day".
Hon. Commissioner Idrissa Sow, Chairperson of the Working Group on Death Penalty in Africa addresses the UN Human Rights Council, calls on States to step up efforts towards abolition of the death penalty
Press release on the banning of the demonstration and the kidnapping in Ethiopia of human rights defenders from the Democratic Republic of Congo
Press release on the Tunisian President's Statement on the situation of sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia

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