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African Court Gives First Judgment

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On Tuesday, 15 December 2009, the African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights gave its first judgment in the Matter of Michelot Yogogombaye v The Republic of Senegal (Application No. 001/2008). Th...

Petition Against Jammeh's Threat

President Jammeh of The Gambia has sent out a threat against 'so called human rights defenders' stating that the government is 'ready to kill saboteurs' Please see the full story on...

Libya Signs the African Court of Justice and Human Rights Protocol

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Libya) is the first country to ratify the Protocol on the Statute of the African Court of Justice and Human Rights. Libya’s instrument of rati...