Open call to policy and decision-makers meeting at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC),African Union Peace and Security Council (AU PSC), and the East African Commission (EAC) Heads ofState Summit

by Daniel Odaka | Jan 29, 2025

“The nights are not safe” (29 January 2025) AWA is forwarding the following list of requests after consulting 91 representatives of civil society, spanning humanitarian organisations and human rights activists who convened on 28 January together with partners, sisters...

Statement on the Demise of Dr Albaqir Alafif Mukhtar the Founder and Director of the Al Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment and Human Development (KACE) Sudan

by Daniel Odaka | Jan 27, 2025

Atrocities Watch Africa and Africans for the Horn of Africa (AWA and Af4HA) express our deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Dr Albaqir Alafif Mukhtar, who passed away on 23 January. Dr Mukhtar was a member of AWA’s advisory board, contributing insight and...

Statement of Young Sudanese Women on the need for Accountability in Sudan at the Twenty-third session of the Assembly of States Parties

by Daniel Odaka | Dec 6, 2024

On the occasion of the annual meeting of the Assembly of States Parties to the ICC in The Hague, young Sudanese women working to document violations in pursuit of justice and to ensure accountability call on those states and the court to do more to ensure...

STATEMENT BY AWA AT THE ASSEMBLY OF STATES PARTIES

by Daniel Odaka | Dec 4, 2024

03 December 2024 (Read before the 23rd of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on 03 December 2023) On behalf of Atrocities Watch Africa (AWA), we wish to offer the following observations to the Assembly of...

Harmonization of the ICC’s Jurisdiction over the Crime of Aggression:A Call to States Parties to Take the Opportunity for Reform

by Daniel Odaka | Dec 1, 2024

We respectfully call on all states parties to take the steps required to amend the International Criminal Court’s jurisdiction over the crime of aggression. What the international community needs is a legal framework that can end impunity and effectively deter state...