Africa

On July 20, 2015, a special court in Senegal opened the trial of Hissène Habré, the former President of Chad, for crimes against humanity.  According to a

On June 24, 2015, the Gauteng High Court of South Africa (the Court) ruled in Southern Africa Litigation Centr

On June 8, 2015, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea released a report

On May 13, 2015, the United Nations released a report on the Democratic Republic of the

On April 25, 2015, the Special Chamber of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea delivered its

On April 22, 2015, the National Transition Council of the government of the Central African Republic (CAR) voted to create a special criminal tribunal to address the atrocities that have taken plac

On April 27, 2014, the High Court of Uganda submitted a matter to the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) to determine whether national courts have the jurisdiction to interpret provisions of the

On April 1, 2015, the African Union and the Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) establishing a partnership aimed at promoting democracy, human rights,