Month: July 2024

 The EU welcomes the ceasefire agreed yesterday in Luanda as a result of the trilateral meeting between Angola, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It commends the tireless work of Angola’s presidency as the African Union’s mediator for the peace process in the DRC and the commitment of both Rwanda and the DRC to secure this important result. We call for the swift and comprehensive implementation of […]

 The government of the Republic of Korea has decided to provide US $1 million in humanitarian aid to Ethiopia to support the latter’s ongoing relief efforts in response to landslides. The landslides reportedly left 257 people dead as of July 26. The ROK government hopes that its humanitarian aid to Ethiopia would support the recovery of the affected areas and help residents in those areas swiftly return to their daily […]

 President Yoweri Museveni has tasked accounting officers to be strict with matters of accountability in wealth creation programmes for rural poverty eradication. Museveni said programmes like the Parish Development Model (PDM) require transparency to advantage its beneficiaries.   “The ideology and politics of the NRM is intended to solve people’s problems with avenues like wealth creation through agriculture. I urge the people of Mitooma to take advantage of coffee farming,” […]

 As we commemorate the 2024 Pan African Women’s Day under the theme "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress," the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, through the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women in Africa, reaffirms its unwavering commitment to advancing gender equality, empowering women and girls, and upholding their fundamental rights to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. We extend our heartfelt solidarity and recognition to all African […]

 The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Commission) is closely monitoring the situation of migrants on the continent and the extreme risks they face, particularly in the context of the increase in migratory flows via the West Atlantic route, notably from Senegal, Mauritania, and Gambia to the Canary Islands (Spain), in search of better living conditions (an increase of almost 160% compared to 2023 according to the International […]

 A UN human rights expert today welcomed Côte d'Ivoire’s ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights as a definitive and irrevocable step to abolish the death penalty in the country. The Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary, or arbitrary executions, Morris Tidball-Binz, said the unanimous vote of the Ivorian National Assembly in June 2023 and deposit of instruments of ratification on 3 May […]

 We are extremely concerned about extrajudicial executions in South Sudan, where people face army and security forces’ firing squads for a range of alleged offences, such as murder, rape, cattle-raiding, domestic disputes and inter-communal violence. Between January 2023 and June 2024, a total of 76 people, including two children, were executed by firing squad, and with no trial. It is all the more distressing that 39 people, including a child, […]

 The report on Children and Armed Conflict in Sudan, released on Tuesday, documented a staggering 2,168 grave violations against 1,913 children in 2022 and 2023 – a significant increase compared to the previous reporting period. The most prevalent violations included killing and maiming (1,525 cases), recruitment and use of children in combat (277 cases), and sexual violence (153 cases). In addition, 33 children were abducted, 118 schools and hospitals attacked, […]