20 Apr, 2023 | Articles, Press Releases
CIVILLIANS UNDER ATTACK IN SUDAN: A ROBUST AU RESPONSE REQUIRED 19 April 2023 On the 5th day since the outbreak of fighting in Sudan between two military protagonists, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), we as Africans for the Horn of...
16 Mar, 2023 | Articles, Press Releases, Uncategorised
Rwandan authorities should allow an independent, impartial, and effective investigation, drawing on international expertise, into the death of John Williams Ntwali, a leading investigative journalist, 90 civil society organizations and media associations said today....
25 Feb, 2023 | #PALUinCourt, News, Press Releases
Yesterday, Friday 24th February 2023, the Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) applied for urgent InterimOrders at the First Instance Division of the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) against the Governments of South Sudan and Kenya, regarding the arbitrary arrest,...
6 Feb, 2023 | #PALUinCourt, Articles, News
February 6th 2023, Appeal No. 13 of 2022 filed by four Loliondo Villages against the Attorney General of Tanzania, came up for Scheduling a Conference before the Appellate Division of the East Africa Court of Justice. In this session, the parties agreed on the issues...
30 Jan, 2023 | Communiques, News, Press Releases
PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE PRESS RELEASE Press release: Monday, the 30th of January 2023, 00.01 am GMT The International Commissioners, from the International Commission of Inquiry on the Systemic Racist Police Violence Against People of African Descent in the United...
25 Jan, 2023 | Communiques, News, Press Releases
The Pan African Lawyers Union (PALU) condemns in the strongest terms the assassination of human rights lawyer, Thulani Rudolph Maseko. We especially depreciate that Mr. Maseko was brutally shot dead in the presence of his wife and children, right inside his own home,...
22 Nov, 2022 | #PALUinCourt, Articles, News
On 11 November 2022 the EACJ scheduled the hearing of Application No. 2 of 2022: Ololosakwan Village Council & 3 Others vs The Attorney General of the United Republic of Tanzania (The Contempt of Court Application). The Applicants were represented by the PALU team...
7 Nov, 2022 | #PALUinCourt
Application 006/2012 African Commission vs Republic of Kenya The Application / case was in respect of the Ogiek of the Mau Forest. The Ogiek are a minority and indigenous ethnic group in Kenya comprising of about 20,000 members, about 15,000 of whom inhabit the...
3 Nov, 2022 | Articles, News
From 27 to 29 September 2022, representatives from over 40 organisations from over 30 countries, gathered in Stellenbosch, South Africa, for the Campaign’s Annual Convening to explore the theme: “Decriminalising Status and Activism”. The meeting, hosted...
27 Oct, 2022 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Africa concentrates 48.9% of identified industrial and semi-industrial vessels involved in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, 40% in West Africa alone which has become a global epicentre for these activities, according to a new...
