Regional mechanisms Archives: African Union

06/11/2023

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ judgment of 22 September 2022: A clear rebuke of Tunisia’s authoritarian drift

Today, the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACtHPR) opens its 71st Ordinary Session. To mark the occasion, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), in collaboration with inkyfada, looks back at ACtHPR’s September 2022 judgement against Tunisia, in which it ordered the republic to return to constitutional democracy and establish an independent constitutional court. […]

13/09/2023

Zimbabwe: Serious human rights violations call into question the legitimacy and credibility of the Zimbabwe election results

The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) has condemned the widespread human rights violations reported by election observers, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and human rights defenders which appears to have had an adverse impact on the fairness and legitimacy of the electoral process surrounding the 23 – 24 August national elections. Among the violations reported in the […]

04/02/2021

The ICJ recommends that the African Union acknowledge COVID-19 vaccines are a “public good”

The ICJ, in a letter to the Chairperson of the African Union, recommended that the African Union acknowledge that COVID-19 vaccines are a “public good” and all States must ensure access to these vaccines in order to realize the human rights of their inhabitants. (more…)

26/02/2016

South Sudan: Human Rights Council should appoint independent expert

The ICJ joins other NGOs in calling on the HRC to appoint an independent expert to investigate, publicly report on, and promote accountability for ‘severe, widespread and ongoing violations and abuses of international human rights and humanitarian law committed in South Sudan’. (more…)

The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights’ judgment of 22 September 2022: A clear rebuke of Tunisia’s authoritarian drift

Zimbabwe: Serious human rights violations call into question the legitimacy and credibility of the Zimbabwe election results

The ICJ recommends that the African Union acknowledge COVID-19 vaccines are a “public good”

South Sudan: Human Rights Council should appoint independent expert

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