African Union

International courts must respect international law, also in dire times. The International Criminal Court’s denial of immunity to heads of third States does not.

A new protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights obligates governments to ensure the fundamental rights of older people.

The landmark African Union case over an Ethiopian election provides a roadmap for safeguarding democracy in the face of authoritarianism.

It may aid stability as US and European support tips toward Morocco. But it has provoked Algeria, which is eyeing Russia and China.

Unless parties are willing to come to the table, there is no pathway from war toward restoring civilian rule and a democratic transition.

MSC members recognize the difficulties in reactivating their role as envisioned in the U.N. Charter, aware that pushing boundaries may face resistance.

The mission serves as an important precedent for others, so the international community must provide funding as a gesture of respect.

As government forces battle armed groups in Burkina Faso, civilians face daily abuses, even death, amid a range of violations of their security and their property. At least 6,201…

A Security Council resolution on funding AU missions risks not only peacekeeping but also UN human rights and civilian protection priorities.

This arc reveals both the African Union’s strengths and weaknesses in stopping atrocity crimes, and what it might yet accomplish.

The government of The Gambia, ECOWAS, and the AU have a responsibility to action the decades-long justice and accountability demands of the victims and survivors of the Jammeh-era…

The African Union and the United Nations refugee protection systems can take active steps to address the problem of displaced people in Sudan now.