New report highlights expansion of presidential powers
EIPR argues that President’s decree to remove independent bodies’ heads poses threat to accountability, effective governance
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Latest in Tag: accountability
Retrial begins for 17 witnesses to Al-Sabbagh’s killing charged with illegal protesting
An appeal by prosecution overturned the initial acquittal of witnesses in May
Accountability in South Sudan – the African Union steps up
By Adama Dieng Images of Charles Taylor being arrested and indicted in 2006 for his crimes in Sierra Leone’s brutal civil war were splashed over the front pages of global news sites. When he was convicted in 2012, the spectacle was widely broadcast around the world. Elsewhere, the wheels of justice at the International Criminal …
Police uniforms and accountability
People are angry and protesting in Egypt, Turkey, Brazil, South Africa, Greece, Spain, and many other places. But it was the protests in Berlin, Germany a short time back that caught my attention. It was not the issues people were protesting about, but the police uniforms that were striking. It was a simple but brilliant …