(Geneva, September 9, 2013) – The UN Human Rights Council should extend and strengthen the mandate of the independent expert on the human rights situation in Sudan, a group of 20 international organizations urged in a letter to diplomats released today at the opening of the council’s 24th session.   The groups urged the …

Permanent Representative of Member and Observer States to the UN Human Rights Council                                                                            …

Joint submission of the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Redress and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) to the UN Human Rights Council, Pre-Sessional Meeting on Sudan.    Ms Zonke Zanele MAJODINA Chairperson, Human Rights Committee Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights UNOG-OHCHR CH …

Sudanese civil society calls for a constitution that recognizes the country’s diversity and promotes equality (18 June 2013) On 6 June scores of prominent Sudanese journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, and political activists adopted a Declaration of Guiding Principles for Constitution Making in Sudan. Building on constitutional initiatives undertaken by …

Closing Declaration of the Conference on “The Role of Civil Society in the Constitution-Making Process in Sudan” Nairobi / Kenya, June 3 to 6, 2013   Preamble: Being aware of the overall national crisis and historical impasse currently experienced by  Sudan, characterised by totalitarianism, internal wars, and tribal conflicts in …

(14 May 2013) Over the past two weeks, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have launched a coordinated campaign of arbitrary detentions against political opposition members belonging to the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). This latest wave of arbitrary detentions has taken place just weeks after a public statement …

Charge or Release All Detainees, Reform Repressive Security Laws (Nairobi, April 22, 2013) – Sudan has released 24 civilian political prisoners following president Omar al-Bashir’s recent pledge to “free all political detainees,” but at least 100 remain, Human Rights Watch, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, and the …

(22 February 2013) At 9am on 21 February, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombed Derib al Reih village in South Darfur using Antonov aircraft, killing four civilians and injuring thirty-seven. The bombing killed four civilians, including two children. Thirty seven civilians were seriously injured, with some sustaining critical injuries, and …

(23 January 2013) To our African Leaders On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on the Sudans, we appeal to you to do all you can to end the violence and restore peace to the people of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile in Sudan. The war that has raged between the Government …

(15 January 2013) Mr. Abdul-Aziz Khalid, Chairperson of the Central Council of the National Sudanese Alliance Party, was arrested from his home in Khartoum by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) at 9pm on 14 January. He is currently detained incommunicado in an unknown location. The NISS have refused …