(May 31, 2012) On the margins of the 51st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights which opened at the Kairaba Beach Hotel on 18 April, a group of human rights organizations (African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC), International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI),…
(May 31, 2012) On the margins of the 51st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights which opened at the Kairaba Beach Hotel on 18 April, a group of human rights organizations (African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC), International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI),…
Transitional justice mechanisms, including trials, truth commissions and reparations are often employed in the same countries which have also experienced mass displacement. The connection is clear: transitional justice mechanisms are designed to address the consequences of the same large scale violations of human rights and violent conflict that are the cause of mass displacement. Yet,…
CITIZENSHIP AND DISPLACEMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION WORKING PAPER 7 MAY 2012 Darfurians in South Sudan: Negotiating belonging in two Sudans Background to the Paper This paper was drafted by Dr. Lucy Hovil of the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI), with additional drafting by Deirdre Clancy of IRRI. The field research team was led…
H.E. Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 United States of America 1 May 2012 Your Excellency, Re: Appeal of 150 African and Middle East civil society organisations for joint action by the governments of China and the United States of America to address…
On the margins of the 51st ordinary session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights which opened at the Kairaba Beach Hotel on 18 April, a group of human rights organizations (African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre (DRDC), International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI), East and Horn…