When children are drawn into their countries’ informal justice systems, their human rights are often threatened.
Criminal justice
Politics and Society Unpacking the request for early release by three Rwanda genocide prisoners
The Rwanda Tribunal convicted people for indescribably horrific crimes and some are asking for early release.
Politics and Society Rwanda’s Paul Kagame accuses the International Criminal Court of being “a court to try Africans, not people from across the world”
Rwanda is one of the African countries that is not party to the Rome Statute and President Kagame has criticised the International Criminal Court for being a “fraudulent institution” that has become a tool for controlling Africa
Politics and Society Silicosis: Laduuuma! But who moved the goalposts?
The chief executives of the gold mines who are appealing against the historic silicosis judgement are extremely rich and globally powerful men, and what they say and do will have a major impact on who bears the cost of this disease, writes Pete Lewis.
Politics and Society Ex-Chadian dictator’s trial begins amidst chaos in Senegal
Deposed former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre has gone on trial in Senegal for war crimes, torture and crimes against humanity. It is the first time the leader of an African state has been prosecuted by another
Politics and Society Zimbabwe prisoners forced to go naked
According to the Zimbabwe Association for Crime Prevention and Rehabilitation of the Offender prisoners in Zimbabwe’s prisons are forced to stay naked because of a shortage of uniforms
Politics and Society Can the new African Court deliver justice for serious crimes?
African leaders signed off on draft protocol of the proposed African Court granting themselves immunity from war crimes. Can the African Court truly protect Africans against grave crimes and human rights abuses while it provides such immunity?
Politics and Society South African mob justice case: Investigations ongoing, arrests made
Remember the shocking South African mob justice video that went viral last week? According to Times Live (SA), we have recent learnt that the SAPA police are investigating the matter and so far arrests have been made. Incase you missed […]
Politics and Society The indiscriminate detention of Somali Kenyans
By scapegoating an entire ethnicity with the arrest and detention of thousands of Somali Kenyans, the Kenyan government is doing what the British did to us under colonialism. This and the continued invasion that opens old historical wounds will not bring peace.