Sudan Human Rights Monitor

The feature article of the May – July 2013 issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an update to on-going inter-communal violence in Darfur. Inter-communal violence continues to proliferate in the region, underscoring the complex factors fuelling Darfur’s conflict. The past year has seen a surge in fighting between Darfur’s …

The feature article of the March – April 2013 issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an overview of developments in Darfur. The UN has reported that 300,000 people were forcibly displaced in the region over just five months between January – May, a higher figure than that of …

This issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an update to the Sudan Human Rights Monitor October 2012 – February 2013. The monitoring report includes updates on freedom of expression, arbitrary arrest, freedom of religion, torture, public order cases, and updates and political developments in Sudan’s conflict areas. Download the full …

The feature article of this issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor gives an overview of the ‘New Dawn’ document signed in Kampala, Uganda by members of Sudan’s political opposition coalition, the National Consensus Forces, and rebel alliance, the Sudan Revolutionary Forces. The ‘New Dawn’ document affirms the validity of either peaceful …

(August-September 2012) The feature article of this issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor gives an overview of the agreement reached between Sudan and South Sudan on 27 September in Addis Ababa. The agreement addressed a host of outstanding post-referendum issues, such as oil sharing, nationality status, security and border …

(June-July 2012) The feature article of this issue of Sudan Human Rights Monitor gives an overview of the demonstrations that began in Khartoum on 16 June and quickly spread across the country.The demonstrations rapidly gained momentum and transformed from public discontent over rising prices caused by austerity measures imposed in …

(April-May 2012) In this issue, the feature article analyzes the relationship between Sudan and South Sudan as the two countries came dangerously close to returning to full scale war in April. Political developments discussed in this issue include demonstrations against rising prices, the movement of the AU Summit from Malawi, accusations against the SPLA …

(February-March 2012) The feature article of this issue provides an overview of the conflict between Sudan and South Sudan. On 14 March the Governments of Sudan and South Sudan achieved a breakthrough in the negotiations on future economic, security and social relationships between the two countries that had been ongoing …

(December 2011-January 2012) The relationship between Sudan and South Sudan continued to deteriorate in early 2012. Negotiations between the two Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partners over key “post- referendum” arrangements have been ongoing since 2010 with facilitation by the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP). Thus far, talks have …

(October-November 2011) The relationship between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) has grown increasingly tenuous following the secession of South Sudan on 9 July 2011. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partners have failed to resolve a number of outstanding post-referendum issues including the status …