To read the PDF version of the oral statement, click here. Human Rights Council: 33rd Session Adoption of Sudan’s UPR Outcome 21st September 2016 Oral Intervention East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) Delivered by Estella Kabachwezi M. President, despite Sudan’s commitments to ensure a safe and enabling …

To read the PDF version of the oral statement, click here. Human Rights Council – 33rd session Item 6 – Adoption of the report on the UPR of Sudan Oral statement 21 September 2016  Mr. President, FIDH and its member organization the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) …

See full event invitation here. From 5 – 6pm on Thursday, 15 September 2016 in the Palais des Nations, a panel called “Sudan’s entrenched crises and & the role of the Human Rights Council” will be hosted by the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, Amnesty International, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, International Federation for Human Rights …

The PDF version of this letter is available in English, French, and Arabic. To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, Switzerland 7 September 2016 Re: Current human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan Excellency, Our organisations write to you in advance of the …

On 31 August 2016, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies and the REDRESS Trust made a submission to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Sudan and South Sudan on the consequences of future engagement between the UK and the Government of Sudan. Our submission is below and linked …

(August 2016) Contrary to Sudan’s commitments to international human rights standards and its own domestic law, the Government of Sudan continues to implement the death penalty widely. Amnesty International reported that in 2015, Sudan handed down eighteen death sentences and carried out three executions. In 2014, Sudan was reported to …

(15 July 2016) Darfuri student Mohamed Bagari, convicted of murder, faces the death penalty by hanging after an unfair trial based on a confession he made without legal representation. The case relates to a violent clash in April 2015 between members of the Darfur Students’ Association (DSA) and the Islamic …

Read the full statement here.  Sudan: Joint Civil Society Statement regarding Sexual Violence in Conflict 19 June 2016 On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, the undersigned 24 individuals and civil society organisations call on the Sudanese government to end the widespread sexual violence …

Read the full letter online here. Heads of State and Government International Conference on the Greats Lakes Region c/o Executive Secretariat P.O. Box 7076 Bujumbura-BURUNDI Boulevard du Japon, No 38 By email: secretariat@icglr.org 14 June 2016 Your excellencies, We, the undersigned civil society organisations, call on the 6th Ordinary Summit …

 (6 June 2016) Ten civilians and one police officer were killed during attacks on Azernei village, West Darfur, launched by members of Sudan’s paramilitary Border Guards. On the afternoon of 22 May 2016, an estimated 70 Border Guards attacked Azernei police station and killed a police officer. Members of Sudan’s Armed …