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Letter to H.E President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Ratification of African Regional Human Rights Instruments

13 April 2015

Twelve South Sudanese and international organizations, committed to the promotion and protection of human rights in South Sudan, write to urge the Government of South Sudan to complete ratification of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the African Charter) and the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) by depositing instruments of ratification with the African Union (AU). We urge the Government to do this in advance of the 56th ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, which will commence on 21 April 2015.

UN HRC: Open Letter: Draft resolution on Effects of Terrorism on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

26 March 2015

In an open letter to the member and observer states

Egypt: Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network Condemns Egypt’s Assault on Human Rights Defenders During UPR adoption

21 March 2015

In a statement delivered during the adoption of Egypt’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva yesterday, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, in partnership with the Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network (PAHRDN) made an oral intervention, highlighting the dramatically deteriorating operating space for human rights defenders and civil society organisations in Egypt. Other human rights organisations, including the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR), the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Article 19, Human Rights Watch, and the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies made similar calls for the Egyptian government to change course.

AU Peace and Security Council: Publication of the AU Commission of Inquiry Report on South Sudan

4 March 2015

Seventy six South Sudanese and international non-governmental organizations, write to urge the African Union Peace and Security Council to immediately consider, publish and disseminate the report of the AU Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan (AUCISS).

AU:Publication du rapport de la Commission d’enquête

4 March 2015

Nous, organisations non gouvernementales sud-soudanaises et internationales signataires de la présente, vous exhortons à examiner, publier et diffuser, dans les plus brefs délais, le rapport de la Commission d’enquête sur le Soudan du Sud.

Human rights defenders urge the African Commission to strengthen its response to reprisals

17 February 2015

Human rights defenders from the African region provided concrete inputs to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights to better protect and enable any individual or organisation seeking to engage with the African human rights system.

Au Burundi: Un nouveau rapport détaille les attaques à grande échelle et systématiques contre les défenseurs des droits de l’homme

2 February 2015

Les défenseurs des droits de l’homme burundais opèrent dans un

Letter to H.E President Salva Kiir Mayardit on Ratification of African Regional Human Rights Instruments

UN HRC: Open Letter: Draft resolution on Effects of Terrorism on the Enjoyment of Human Rights

Egypt: Pan-African Human Rights Defenders Network Condemns Egypt’s Assault on Human Rights Defenders During UPR adoption

AU Peace and Security Council: Publication of the AU Commission of Inquiry Report on South Sudan

AU:Publication du rapport de la Commission d’enquête

Human rights defenders urge the African Commission to strengthen its response to reprisals

Au Burundi: Un nouveau rapport détaille les attaques à grande échelle et systématiques contre les défenseurs des droits de l’homme

Somalia: Hassan Ali Geesey, Director Radio Dalson, Somalia Visits EHAHRDP

SUDAN: Closure of Leading Women’s Rights Organisation

Kampala: EuropeAid Head of Unit, Governance, Democracy, Gender and Human Rights meets with EHAHRDP

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