Human rights are rights we have simply because we exist as human beings - they are not granted by any state. These universal rights are inherent...
Human rights are not “politics” as such; they are what comes up as an issue once politics fails. To avoid, or even fix a human rights...
People are waiting for the Supreme Court to drop the other shoe and rule that other civil rights are not protected by 14th the Amendment.
Residual elements of the Shifta war continue to animate security agencies' midframe in Northern Kenya. Securitization of public policy, under counterterrorism, has led to egregious human...
Willy Mutunga, the former Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya has been nominated by a number of international organisations to be one...
There is a need ‘to address the challenges people actually face, looking beyond narrow political rights to address the deeper causes of economic and social exclusion.’...
In celebrating this 40th birthday of the African Charter, it is worthwhile to adequately appreciate the context and the historical background of the African Charter.
Maxim Trudolyubov argues that the dramatic tension surrounding Russia’s position today stems from its history as a colonizer; while its main contemporary ally, China, is among...
An increasing number of political theorists are convinced that what is often called “the failure of democracy in Africa” is really “the failure of liberal democracy...
Cases of extrajudicial killings by police and other state security agents are commonplace in Kenya, where such murders often do not lead to prosecution or justice...
Centre for Human Rights in conversation with Prof Makau Mutua, hosted by Dominique Mystris. First published on the Africa Rights Talk podcast on 1st April 2019.
The Elephant / Africa Uncensored in conversation with Irũngũ Houghton, a public interest advocate, columnist and Executive Director of Amnesty International Kenya.