Fairness Report: Kazakhstan v. Duman Mukhammedkarim

From December 2023 to August 2024, the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s TrialWatch initiative monitored the criminal proceedings against Duman Mukhammedkarim, a well-known independent journalist and activist in Kazakhstan. He was convicted in August 2024 under Kazakhstan’s anti-extremism laws for posting a video interview with a prominent opposition figure.


CFJ’s TrialWatch Calls on Kyrgyzstan to Reverse Convictions Under Incitement Law


Kenyan Anti-FGM Law Punishes Victims More Often Than Perpetrators, CFJ’s TrialWatch Finds


Monitoring Prosecutions under the Prohibition of FGM ACT In Kenya

A new report released today by the Clooney Foundation for Justice’s TrialWatch initiative, in partnership with the American Bar Association Center for Human Rights (ABA CHR), found Kenyan authorities have used the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (PFGM) Act to disproportionately punish victims of FGM, not perpetrators—turning the law against the very people it is


What Needs to Be Done


Response of the Western Cape Government


Fundamental Failures


Systemic Failures: Cross-Cutting Barriers to Justice


1. Reporting


Causes and Drivers of Gender-Based Violence


Barriers to Justice: Gender-Based Violence in South Africa


Protected: What Needs to Be Done

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6. Trial


5. Prosecution


4. Investigation