Never Again | 1,133 is not just a number

By Janet Sankale

Human rights defenders and survivors of sexual violence have expressed concern at the slow pace of measures to get justice and reparation for victims in Kenya.

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ICC victim fund drags feet in Kenya case, causing worry

Five long years passed between the time that the International Criminal Court(ICC) Trust Fund for Victims(TVF) announced their intention to send a fact-finding mission to Kenya and the trip occurring, making many worry about whether those affected would get recompense for harm endured in the 2007/8 post-election violence(PEV).

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The kindness and cruelty of strangers

In the aftermath of the arson attack on the Kenya Assembly of God church in Kiambaa Peter Mbuthia rushed to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret looking for his son Anthony who he had been injured in the attack.

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We have put our strongest case and hope for the best, says victims lawyer

By Susan Kendi and Sarah Nyakio

Mbugua Mureithi has won notoriety and admiration in equal measure for his work as a human rights lawyer. Named the 2014 winner of the prestigious Jurist of the Year Award for his role in promoting human rights and the defence of people suspected of involvement in terrorism, Mureithi is the lawyer for 15 petitioners seeking justice for police shootings that took place during the post-2007 election violence.

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Who are these killers paid with taxpayer money?

Ahead of the court mention the case challenging police shooting during the post-2007 election violence, Journalists for Justice releases an exclusive interview conducted with the star witness called before Justice Fred Ochieng in March this year.

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Life on the run

Three years after the last Kenya cases at the International Criminal Court were terminated for lack of sufficient evidence, many questions remain about what happened to the witnesses who changed or disowned their testimony. The third installment of Omwa Ombara’s God’s Child on the Run, a fictionalized account of her experiences recalls how her life was disrupted by the call from ICC investigators and how security agents stalked her every move.

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How the Supreme Court failed in the 2013 Presidential Petition

Kenya’s first Supreme Court was cobbled together from the old judiciary, academia, and civil society: It was instructive that the Court of Appeal contributed only one judge to the new apex court that would topple it in the judicial hierarchy. It was a clean break from the insularity of the Court of Appeal, its arrogance and slavish loyalty to rules.

1,133 is not just a number

Calls for reparation dominate debate at day for sexual violence survivors