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Sudan is one of 12 countries currently placed under UNHRC’s special procedures with an independent expert mandated to oversee the human rights situation in the country.
- Friday 17 May 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The United Nations special rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, said the human rights situation in the reclusive Red Sea nation remained “unacceptable”, calling for the country to (...)
- Tuesday 30 April 2013
April 29, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, is due to begin an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti on Tuesday to collect first-hand information (...)
- Wednesday 21 September 2011
September 20, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The human rights situation in Sudan and the newly independent Republic of South Sudan is undermined by curtailment of civil freedoms in the former and localised violence in the latter, the UN Human Rights (...)
- Tuesday 7 May 2013
May 6, 2013 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s national assembly has ratified the African Charter on Democracy, Elections, and Governance (ACDEG) despite opposition from some lawmakers who argued that the country might not be in a position to fully (...)
- Monday 11 February 2013
February 10, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - Darfur war crimes are being tried by ordinary courts, said UN human rights expert in Sudan Mashood Adebayo Baderin who expressed concerns over the lack of special courts. Mashood Adebayo Baderin talks to (...)
- Saturday 10 November 2012
November 9, 2012 (JUBA) - The United Nations human rights chief today urged South Sudan to reverse the expulsion of a human rights officer in the country, noting that the action is in breach of international agreements and that the (...)
- Monday 4 February 2013
February 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nation’s independent expert on the human rights situation in Sudan, Mashood Baderin, has vowed to support the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) in its efforts to achieve reconciliation in the (...)
- Thursday 31 May 2012
May 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s Consultative Council of Human Rights (CCHR) is devising a new strategy to counter allegations of abuses against the country at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), an official revealed on (...)
- Friday 7 December 2012
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
December 6, 2012 (BENTIU) - Unity state’s Yida refugee camp is receiving an increasing number of refugees displaced from Sudan’s South Kordofan state according to the UN High Commission for Refugee (UNHCR). (...)
- Tuesday 13 November 2012
November 12, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council elections, a group of non governmental organisations (NGOs) from around the world have jointly urged Ethiopia, a standing candidate, to demonstrate its commitment (...)
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