Jojoh Faal SY, Author at Campaign to Decriminalize Poverty & Status

November 24, 2022

All over the world, criminal justice systems misuse overly broad and discriminatory laws that are rooted in the age of...

South African Deputy Minister advocates for reform to ease prison overcrowding

November 24, 2022

South Africa's Deputy Minister of Justice, Hon John Jeffery talks to SABC News in South Africa about criminal law and...

APCOF addresses EU-AU Dialogue on behalf of Campaign

Campaign partner APCOF submits a statement on behlaf of the Campaign, to the EU-AU Consultation with Civil Society. The statement...

Campaign submits statement at 73rd ACHPR session

APCOF submitted the below statement on behalf of the Campaign to Decriminalise Poverty and Status, in response to the report...

Reflections on Women Prison Conditions – ACHPR

At the 73rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, Louise Edwards, Director of Research and...

Court outlaws sweeping arrests

November 16, 2022

Article from Malawi Nation, Wed Nov 18, 2021: Last week, the High Court declared the police’s indiscriminate sweeping exercises unlawful...

Malawi High Court Declares Mass Arrests (Sweeping Exercises) Unconstitutional

November 10, 2022

Blantyre, 9 November 2022 – On 8 November 2022, the High Court of Malawi issued a judgment declaring the police’s...

South African civil society issue statement ahead of UPR

On 16 November 2022, the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group examined South Africa's human rights...

The crime of being poor – images of human rights violations in prisons aim to spark rethink of incarceration

November 4, 2022