Read our Legal Analysis Sudan’s transitional government in mid-November 2020 announced a general amnesty for those who previously carried weapons or participated in military operations in Sudan. The resolution, available in English and Arabic, is to some extent in line with… Read More
This briefing note analyses the key elements of Sudan’s general amnesty, which was announced on 12 November 2020, and provides several points of clarification for the transitional government on the resolution’s scope of application. Read More
Read our Annual Review This article is part of a series of ‘In Focus’ pieces which look at some of our key achievements over the past year. In this article, our Legal Advisor Julie Bardeche focuses on the continuing efforts of REDRESS to advo… Read More
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