The Gambian government announced on Tuesday that it will be leaving the International Criminal Court (ICC) . During the televised statement, Information Minister Sheriff Bojang criticized the court for ignoring western atrocities , referring to the ICC as "an...
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South Africa announced on Friday that the country will officially withdraw from the International Criminal Court (ICC) . The government originally expressed such intentions last year when South Africa refused to act on the ICC's arrest...
Amnesty: Sudan government used chemical weapons against civilians
The Sudanese government used chemical weapons on civilians in a region of Darfur between January and September 9, an Amnesty International (AI) investigative report claimed Thursday. During this time, the Sudanese army engaged in a military...
Rights groups urge Sudan to seek justice for victims of violent protest in Khartoum
Human rights groups Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (AI) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) on Thursday reported that justice still has not been achieved for the victims of the violent...
ICC prosecutor: UN Security Council has failed in not arresting Sudan president
The International Criminal Court (ICC) and the UN Security Council have been "conspicuous silent" in response to the prosecutor office's calls to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, said ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda on Thursday. She stated...
South Africa to appeal judgment critical of failure to detain Sudan president
The South Africa Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday filed for leave to appeal the unfavorable judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) concerning the government's failure to detain Sudan President Omar al-Bashir...
Female rights activists in Sudan are facing harassment, violence, and other rights abuses, Human Right Watch (HRW) reported Wednesday. The report found that women in the region are subjected to abuses including genital mutilation by...
South Africa court rejects government's appeal over failure to arrest Bashir
South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday upheld a lower court's ruling that the state broke the law by not detaining Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir despite an International Criminal Court (ICC) order...
The UN Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, Aristide Nononsi, on Friday called for an end to conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid which may have...
UN rights expert warns states about unilateral sanctions against Sudan
A UN human rights expert on Monday urged states to reexamine their unilateral coercive measures (UCMs) imposed on Sudan, which impact innocents instead of political elites. Idriss Jazairy, UN Special Rapporteur on human rights and international sanctions,...