What Drives Us
Our Mission
We work to produce reliable, evidence-based human rights knowledge, support advocacy, promote accountability, and contribute to the development of legislation and the reform of justice institutions.
Our Vision
A Sudan where justice prevails, human dignity is protected, rights are respected without discrimination, accountability is established as a solid foundation, and the rule of law is strengthened.
Our Goals
Monitoring, documenting, and analyzing human rights violations according to professional evidence, producing legal knowledge, and strengthening advocacy to end impunity.
Keden Centre for Justice and Human Rights
It is an independent, non-profit human rights research Centre working on producing and analyzing knowledge in the fields of human rights and justice, with the aim of supporting accountability and strengthening the rule of law in Sudan.
The Centre focuses on monitoring, documenting, and analyzing human rights violations using professional, evidence-based methodologies. It develops a deep understanding of violation patterns and their contexts, contributing to building a robust human rights discourse that supports advocacy and legal action at both the national and international levels.
The Centre also works on producing reports, policy papers, and recommendations aimed at reforming the justice system and aligning legislation with international standards, while enhancing access to legal knowledge and empowering individuals and communities to defend their rights.
The Centre pays special attention to the groups most exposed to violations, including women, children, and victims of conflicts. It seeks to build effective partnerships with legal and human rights entities to support pathways to justice and accountability.
The Centre’s work is grounded in the values of independence, integrity, and transparency. It believes that accurate knowledge and evidence-based analysis form the foundation for achieving sustainable justice in Sudan.
Our Projects
Kaden Observatory
The Kaden Observatory for Human Rights is a specialized platform for monitoring and documenting human rights violations in Sudan. It operates under the Kaden Center for Human Rights and Justice and focuses on tracking violations in both normal and armed conflict contexts. The observatory relies on a field network and standardized methodologies to collect and verify information, ensuring accurate and reliable data on violations such as extrajudicial killings, arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, torture, sexual violence, forced displacement, and attacks on civilians and infrastructure. It produces early warning reports, analytical reports, and documents individual cases to support advocacy, accountability, and civilian protection.
Safe Voice
Safe Voice is a program launched by the Kaden Center to promote freedom of expression and combat discrimination and hate speech in Sudan through legal empowerment, awareness, advocacy, monitoring, and documentation. It focuses on building the capacity of human rights defenders, journalists, and activists to مواجهة hate speech and defend freedom of expression according to international standards. The program also monitors and documents violations related to discrimination and restrictions on expression and issues analytical and periodic reports to support accountability.
Dalil (OSINT Program)
Dalil is an open-source human rights investigation program that uses digital investigation methodologies (OSINT) to document and verify human rights violations and transform them into reliable evidence for legal accountability and justice. It relies on analyzing digital content such as social media, visual materials, and open data to build a strong evidence base usable by human rights organizations, international mechanisms, and judicial bodies. The program also aims to strengthen the capacity of researchers and activists in digital verification and promote ethical standards in documentation.
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