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Before and after the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, Sudan was and still is one of the destinations for illegal immigrants and a crossing point for asylum seekers. Sudan’s common borders with Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt and Libya are used as crossing gates …

The proposed amendments of the Media and publication law extends restrictions to online media. On 21 June 2018, Sudanese Ministers Council passed the proposed amendments of the 2009 media and publication law indoors. This makes it easy for the national assembly to pass it since the ruling party (National Congress …

Introduction Starting in 1989, the Sudanese economy began to lose its memberships in the major economic organizations. That came on the heels of efforts to implement what was called an Islamic economic system, although it was nothing but slogans for which the political Islam project could find no precedents for …

  UN Human Rights Council – 39th session-Geneva Item 10 – Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on Sudan Oral statement Mr President, FIDH and its member organisation, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) thank the Independent Expert for his report and share his concerns that serious …

This report is based on the work of internationally trained local monitors on the ground in South Sudan working for a national human rights organization. Both the monitors and the organization must remain anonymous given present security concerns. The information reported herein meets the threshold for initiating an investigation. We …

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, Switzerland 4 September 2018 Re: Addressing the serious human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan Excellencies, We write to you in advance of the 39th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council to share our …

JOINT PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY / ACJPS                                                    Geneva-Paris-Kampala, August 30, 2018. Once pioneers in the defense of women’s civil and political rights, women human rights defenders (WHRDs) in Sudan are today victims of patriarchal practices implemented by security forces. This situation alarmingly restricts women’s participation in public life. The …

Introduction Women have been pioneers throughout Sudanese social and political history. Tireless campaigns by female activists have helped women achieve their deserved recognition and go on to defend the human rights of others. At the turn of the twentieth century, Babikir Badri campaigned for women’s right to education and triumphed, …

South Sudan has experienced widespread human rights abuses and a plethora of crimes, including a significant amount of sexual and gender-based and ethnic violence, since the outbreak of the conflict in December 2013. Since the start of the conflict, violence has escalated at an alarming rate across the country, resulting …

The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has documented a number of incidents where Sudanese authorities have interfered with the exercise of media freedom and free expression in the months of May and June 2018. On three occasions, the authorities confiscated printed copies of three Sudanese daily newspapers without …