Last Friday, Rights for Peace and SUNS (Survivors Network of South Sudan) made a submission to the report of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls to the 62nd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Violence against mothers. 

On 23 January, the Selection Panel announced the completion of its work: selecting the four South Sudanese Commissioners who will oversee the Commission on Truth, Reconciliation and Healing. Along with three non-South Sudanese Commissioners, who are being selected by the African Union, in collaboration with the UN, they will lead the CTRH - a key transitional justice mechanism in South Sudan.

On 19 January 2026, the ICC Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Khan briefed the UN Security Council about the Prosecutor's investigation in Darfur. Rights for Peace has been arguing that the International Criminal Court has jurisdiction for the whole of Sudan insofar as there is a sufficient link between the situation referred by the Security Council to the International Criminal Court in Resolution 1593 (2025) and alleged new crimes. On 3 December 2025, Rights for Peace, with lawyers

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is a UN treaty body responsible for reviewing how States Parties implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child . It is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history - ratified by every UN member state except the United States of America. South Sudan ratified the Convention and its optional protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict on 23 January 2015. It has not, however, signed the Convention’s

This field manual provides practical guidance for human rights defenders, supporting safe and ethical documenting of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV).

On 3 December 2025, Sudanese partners teamed up with Rights for Peace and REDRESS to hold a side event at the ICC Assembly of States Parties in The Hague on reparation for Sudan's victims. The discussion was framed within the context of the first ICC conviction in the Darfur Situation on 6 October 2025, in the case of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (“Ali Kushayb”) , which paves the way for the Court’s first Reparations Order for Sudanese victims. The discussion also drew ou

In September and October 2025, Rights for Peace and the Centre for Inclusive Governance, Peace and Justice (CIGPJ) delivered community meetings and Training of Trainers workshops in five locations: Torit, Yambio, Wau, Malakal and Juba. Designed to increase understanding of the TJ mechanisms currently underway in South Sudan, and foster community buy-in across multiple regions.

It is with real sadness that we share the news that our colleague and friend Najlaa Ahmed, Legal Adviser at Rights for Peace, passed away on Monday, 3 November 2025. Najlaa was a unique human rights lawyer. She dedicated her career to advancing protection for victims of serious human rights violations in Sudan and South Sudan, and to pursuing accountability as well as the prevention of crimes based on discrimination. Her expertise spanned documentation of conflict-related sex

Reflecting on 25 years since the landmark UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security was released. In particular, analysing three of the Resolution's eighteen operative clauses in relation to the conflict in South Sudan.

Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (a.k.a Ali Kusheyb), at the Judgement hearing at the International Criminal Court in The Hague On Monday, 6 October...

Permanent Premises of the International Criminal Court (c) UN Photo/Rick Bajornas We are calling on others to join and renew their resolve to stand by the International Criminal Court in light of renewed reports in the Financial Times , Reuter s and elsewhere that the Court may be the subject of further US sanction s (in addition to the February and June 2025 orders) this time potentially as an entity. Rights for Peace proudly joined over 150 organisations condemning the th

Mohamed Chande Othman, chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, presenting the Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan at the HRC60. On 5 September 2025, ahead of the Human Rights Council's 60 th Session in Geneva, the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for the Sudan (FFM) published its second report , " Sudan: A War of Atrocities ". What's new in the FFM's second report? This report reiterates that both the Rapid Support Forces (RSF

On Monday 21 July 2025, the SUNS network gathered in Juba at the EU delegation to discuss key issues regarding the rights of children born of CRSV.

June 19, 2025 “Sexual violence in conflict is a tactic of war and a threat to international peace and security.”– UN Security Council...

May 2025 - Juba, South Sudan “Our people at the grassroots need sensitisation about laws and the TJ process,” " Women suffered a lot in...

This Pictorial Guide explains the process as set out in the two laws establishing the CTRH and CRA adopted in November 2025. South...

(c) EU/ECHO, Anouk Delafortrie, EU Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid, 'A Forgotten Crisis' - CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 15 April 2025 marked two...

Rights For Peace supporters raised £ 7877 (with GiftAid) by Running for Peace in London to help Sudan survivors access justice. A big...

In March 2025, Rights for Peace presented evidence on identity-based violence in oral hearings of the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan,...

Join Rights For Peace for a fun run in Finsbury Park, in London and help Sudan's survivors access justice. Take a stand for human...