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US Withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council a Sideshow
Geneva, Switzerland – The withdrawal of the United States from the United Nations Human Rights Council is unlikely…
NCAJ Reform Committee engages DCI on criminal Justice Reforms
On 23rd June 2017, the Chief Justice of Kenya, Hon. David K Maraga, established The National Council on…
Groundbreaking Held for ICJ Kenya House
NAIROBI. KENYA. A groundbreaking ceremony was held Tuesday 22nd May 2018 to mark the commencement of the construction…
Remandees detained longer on trial than they would if convicted
The country’s 94 prisons continue to grapple with congestion and financial burdens of taking care of inmates. The…
Government banks on law changes to stop jailing of petty offenders
Prisons are choking with inmates, and most of them were either convicted of petty offences or are pre-trial…
Corrupt Judiciary Officers Put on Notice
To enhance the fight against corruption the Judiciary and the National Police Service will form an investigation wing…
ICJ Kenya Statement to the African Commission
Honourable Chair, Honourable Commissioners, State delegates, representatives of National Human Rights Institutions, members of civil society organisations and…
Liberian Warlord “Jungle Jabbah” Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison in Milestone for Global Justice
By Global Justice and Research Project• 20 April 2018 Mohammed Jabbateh, the Liberian warlord known as “Jungle Jabbah”, was…
Death Penalty: Final declaration of the African Congress
10 April 2018 On 9 and 10 April, more than 300 abolitionists, activists, diplomats, politicians, parliamentarians, lawyers, former…
Poor left out of mining profits as ‘resource curse’ hits Kenya
by Nita Bhalla |@nitabhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation NAIROBI, April 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Kenya’s oil, gas and mineral deposits…