Centre for African Justice, Peace and Human Rights

The Centre for African Justice, Peace and Human Rights is a non-profit foundation that engages in promoting justice, peace and human rights through education, advocacy, awareness, empowerment, training, outreach, and capacity building in Africa and around the world. The goal of its project on sexual violence perpetrated against the male gender is to use the intellectual resources and expertise in international criminal law and human rights, existing in The Hague (the city of peace and Justice), to advocate improved recognition and legal protection for male victims of sexual violence in Africa and around the world. Its future goal is to create a community of male victims of sexual violence with the aim of empowering them and using them as a tool to break the silence surrounding sexual violence perpetrated against men and boys.

Key expertise: Sexual violence perpetrated against the male gender (in conflict and peace situations), capacity building of prosecutors, lawyers and judges in Africa, women empowerment, promotion of peace in Africa, right to education (improving the quality of education in Africa).
Key regions/countries: Africa, Europe.
Website: www.centreforafricanjustice.org