What we do
Inclusive Governance & Justice
Building accountability through evidence: supporting transitional justice, fair trial standards, judicial independence, and the inclusion of those most often left out of public decisions.
OVERVIEW
Why inclusive governance matters
Justice systems across the region are too often instruments of executive power rather than checks on it. Mass trials, military courts trying civilians, broad emergency powers, and exclusion of women and minorities from governance compound the rights deficit at every level.
HuMENA documents fair-trial violations, contributes to international accountability mechanisms, and advocates for inclusive governance reforms, anchoring our work in the lived experience of communities most affected.
We engage with treaty bodies, special procedures, and EU human rights dialogues to keep individual cases connected to systemic reform agendas.
HOW WE WORK IN THIS AREA
How HuMENA works on inclusive governance & justice
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Fair trials
We follow exceptional and military courts, mass trials, death sentences and executions.
02
Justice after conflict
We follow truth and accountability processes, from Syria’s transition and the Beirut port investigation to transitional justice in Tunisia.
03
Hold governments to their word
We use UN treaty bodies, the Universal Periodic Review and EU partnership talks to press governments on their commitments.
FEATURED
Recent reports & analyses
Joint Statements
Algeria | Authorities must repeal the extension of the death penalty and abandon any plans to resume executions
Organisations condemn the extension of the death penalty in Algerian law and official statements threatening to resume executions.
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Egypt | Rights Groups Urge an End to Denial and Demand Reform on Children’s Rights
Rights groups followed the review of Egypt’s periodic report before the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
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Urgent Call for Action: States Must Act Now to Protect the International Criminal Court from Unlawful US Attacks
More than 120 organisations from over 60 countries condemn the United States’ decision to impose unlawful sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
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Tunisia | Article 24 Reform Leaves Questions of Justice Unanswered
HuMENA calls for a review of the situation of detainees and convicted people, data on the amendment’s impact and redress for previous convictions.
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More recent work
- HuMENA Joins Civil Society Organizations to halt $2.8 billion arms transfer to IsraelLetter
- 38 Global Civil Society Organizations file joint brief in US lawsuit challenging legality of Trump’s ICC sanctionsJoint Statements
- Levels of Disappearance: Between Disappearance and ConcealmentAnalysis
- One Year Since the U.S. Imposed Arbitrary Sanctions for ICC Cooperation: A Tool Serving Israel’s Ongoing Genocide, Our Organisations Call for State Action to End Sanctions NowJoint Statements
- Palestine | The al-Mughayyir killings demand consequences, not another closed investigationStatements
- Algeria’s Disappeared Remain Unaccounted For, While Authorities Target Those Demanding Truth and JusticeJoint Statements
All Inclusive Governance & Justice publications in Resources
WHERE WE WORK
Governance & justice coverage by country
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