Publications

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) …

Tweet to encourage the adoption of a strong resolution (14 September 2016) From 13 September – 30 September 2016, members of the UN Human Rights Council are meeting in Geneva to discuss the human rights situation across the globe. We want to make sure Sudan is at the top of …

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 …

National security should stop harassing civil society activists (29 August 2016, Kampala) – Sudanese authorities should drop all charges against 10 activists affiliated with Tracks for Training and Development (TRACKs), a Khartoum-based training organisation, and immediately and unconditionally release three men who have been detained since May 2016 solely for …

(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 …

Video Highlights Problems in AU Approach (6 July 2016) Activists from across Africa clarify misconceptions about the International Criminal Court (ICC) and highlight the need for African governments to support the court in a video released today by 21 African and international nongovernmental organizations. In January 2016, the African Union (AU) gave its Open-Ended …

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 …