Over recent years, hybrid courts have experienced a renaissance of sorts. After their initial popularity in the early 2000s, when hybrid courts were touted as a promising midway between distant […]
For a long time, transitional justice has been described as a ‘nascent’ or ‘emerging’ field. While it is true that transitional justice is a youngish concept and praxis (emerging in […]
Pointing out the need to decolonise human rights protection in Africa, authorities at the level of the African Union (AU) and its member states have initiated a number of institutional […]
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EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell has recently announced greater transparency from (and better conditionality with) Sahelian leaders following a visit to the region in April. This follows intentions for mutual accountability between the […]
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In less than a year, the Sahel region has experienced two coups, one coup attempt and something that now looks like a ‘coup within a coup’, firmly putting civil-military relations […]
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The European Union has just released its new Sahel strategy. The strategy’s focus on governance as the core problem in the region is a success. Going forward, the EU needs […]
Conference, DAY 1: Understanding Political Islam: Views From Within – Programme & registration, DAY 2: MENA in Transition: Players, Plans, and Positions. Programme (Photo credit: Norman Einstein, Wikimedia Commons)
Symposium with H.E. Mohammed Bin Adbulkareem Al Issa, the Saudi Arabia Minister of Justice Presentation Judicial System in Saudi Arabia (Photo credit: Norman Einstein, Wikimedia Commons)
Uhuru Kenyatta was announced the winner of the 4th of March Presidential elections – and although the process is not entirely finished – he is likely to be installed as […]
The crisis in Mali has brought the Sahel to the centre of international attention. This fragile region not only suffers from longstanding development challenges, but also from an acute security […]