The African Union (AU) and the Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards enhancing cooperation and collaboration in areas of common interest, including to support the AU, RECs, and Member States in matters relating to Democratic Governance, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Transitional Justice, Reparatory Justice and Racial…
On December 24, 2023, the Atlanta Falcons honored Anthony Ray Hinton by naming him as their 2023 Inspire Change Changemaker. Each year, teams in the NFL grant this award to individuals “going above and beyond in their pursuit of social justice by helping to transform their communities.” The Atlanta Falcons named Mr. Hinton their 2023…
The Africa Transitional Justice Legacy Fund (ATJLF) was established in 2019 to pioneer and promote African-led and enduring transitional justice efforts on the continent. What began as a three-year $3.5M project of the Ghana-based Institute for Democratic Governance (IDEG), became an independent entity in 2021, and will evolve to become an institutionalized nine-year $15M fund…
The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision for a more just and equitable society included a fundamental opposition to the death penalty. To Dr. King, capital punishment was both wrong as a matter of morality and misguided as a matter of policy.
A London production of the U.S. play Slave Play, written by actor and playwright Jeremy O. Harris (Zola, Euphoria, Gossip Girl), is making political waves after the U.K. prime minister criticized plans to offer two performances exclusively for Black audiences as “wrong and divisive.”
