متوفر باللغة العربية The Sudanese transitional government must show its commitment to breaking with a decades-long legacy of systemic human rights violations by ratifying the two main international human rights treaties that ban torture and enforced disappearances. In a letter to the Sudanese transitional government, over 20… Read More
In a joint letter to the Sudanese transitional government, over 20 civil society organisations urged the government to promptly ratify the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT) and the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances (ICPPED). Read More
17 NOVEMBER 2020, 1 PM – 2 PM (GMT) Simultaneous translation: French, English, Arabic. Register here Join a conversation on transitional justice in Sudan on a side event on the margins of the 67th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. The 2018… Read More
On 15 October 2020, members of the UK Parliament gathered in Westminster Hall for a wide-ranging discussion of the humanitarian and economic situation in Sudan. REDRESS welcomes the calls made for the UK’s continued support of Sudan’s democratic transition. More than a year after president Omar al-Bashir’s removal from power,… Read More
This briefing was prepared by Protection Approaches, Waging Peace and REDRESS ahead of a debate on a Westminster Hall debate on October 15th on the June massacres in Sudan and the UK’s support for Sudan’s democratic transition. Our briefing highlights how at a critical moment in Sudan’s transition towards democracy,… Read More
REDRESS welcomes a significant step taken by the Sudanese Council of Ministers towards ratifying the two main international treaties banning torture and enforced disappearances. On 6 October the Council of Ministers (one of the two limbs of the joint council that is leading Sudan’s political transition) approved the ratification of… Read More
Ahead of the 45th session of the UN Human Rights Council, and at a critical juncture for Sudan, 23 civil society organisations have written to the Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council to highlight the need for their delegations to support… Read More
As Sudan discusses transitional justice bill, Sudanese and international NGOs call upon the revolutionary government, UN and African bodies and experts to pause the process until consultations have happened.