Press Statement on the convening of the Validation Workshop on the Draft Study on Indigenous Populations and Communities in Africa

1.  The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR), through its Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities and Minorities in Africa (WGIPM), is convening a two-day Validation Workshop on the Draft Study on Indigenous Popula...

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights calls for the prompt cessation of indiscriminate attacks and threats against civilians and the escalating hostilities in the Republic of South Sudan

Press release on the discovery of mass graves and clandestine detention sites for migrants in Libya

Press release on the discovery of mass graves and clandestine detention sites for migrants in Libya The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Commission) is closely monitoring the human rights situation in Libya and expresse...

Press release on the Joint Fact-Finding Mission on the situation of human rights in the Republic of the Sudan, carried out in the Republic of Chad.

Press release on the Joint Fact-Finding Mission on the situation of human rights in the Republic of the Sudan, carr...

REPORT OF THE VIRTUAL JOINT FACT-FINDING MISSION ON THE HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN THE SUDAN

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  Background    1.    It has been more than two years since the conflict in the Sudan erupted on 15 April 2023. This conflict has caused serious and massive human rights violations and disproportionately affected civilians, with...