L. Oette with partners in Kadugli, Sudan in 2006
Sudan
REDRESS has been working with Sudanese survivors of torture and human rights defenders since the 1990s to seek justice in individual cases and to address the legacy and prevailing practice of violations. In the 2000s, the human rights situation in Sudan has been characterised by systemic shortcomings facilitating violations and impunity as well as the crisis in Darfur that resulted in the referral to the International Criminal Court. REDRESS collaborates with Sudanese human rights defenders and others to obtain justice and combat impunity for torture and related violations. This includes training lawyers and doctors in the documentation, investigation and litigation of torture and pursuing cases of torture survivors before domestic and regional bodies. In 2008, three human rights defenders who have been working closely with us were themselves subjected to torture in Sudan – they have now taken up their case before the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights.
REDRESS has also been at the forefront of the campaign for criminal law reform in Sudan (Project for Criminal Law Reform in Sudan (PCLRS), at www.pclrs.org), which brings together our partners Sudan Human Rights Monitor, human rights lawyers and a broad cross-section of civil society. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005 (CPA), which ended the war between the North and South, provides for a Bill of Rights. It also envisages a series of legislative and institutional reforms to strengthen the rule of law and bring about democratic transformation in Sudan. The PCLRS uses the opening provided by the CPA to advance the recognition of the rights of the most marginalised people in Sudan. It also mobilises civil society to reinforce its capacity to advocate for law reform. The issue of law reform has now become an important site of struggle for the effective protection of human rights and respect for the rule of law in Sudan.
Comments to Sudan’s 4th and 5th Periodic Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Article 5 of the African Charter: Prohibition of torture, cruel, degrading or inhuman punishment and treatment
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April 2012
Comments to Sudan’s 4th and 5th Periodic Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The need for substantial legislative reforms to give effect to the rights, duties and freedoms enshrined in the Charter
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April 2012
Criminal Justice and Human Rights: An agenda for effective human rights protection in Sudan’s new constitution
March 2012
No more cracking of the whip: Time to end corporal punishment in Sudan
March 2012
The Draft Social Control Act, 2011, for Khartoum State
November 2011
Transitional Justice and Criminal Law Reform: Human Rights Perspectives for Sudan
March 2011
Sudan, Universal Periodic Review, November 2010
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November 2010
Implementing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and the National Interim Constitution? An empirical assessment of the law reform process in Sudan: Challenges and prospects
December 2009
Press Release - Time for genuine reform of Sudanese security laws-
November 2009
Security for all - Reforming Sudan's National Security Service Position Paper
October 2009
Promoting law reform in Sudan to enhance human rights protection, strengthen the rule of law and foster democratic processes
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October 2009
Promoting law reform in Sudan to enhance human rights protection, strengthen the rule of law and foster democratic processes
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October 2009
Comments on the ban of female genital mutilation in Sudan's legislation Position Paper
February 2009
Reforming the National Security Services in Sudan: Mandate, powers and accountability Briefing Paper
January 2009
Press Statement - Legal experts concerned over rushed Sudanese human rights legislation
January 2009
News Release - REDRESS welcomes the release of Sudanese human rights activist Osman Hummaida but condems his torture and arbitrary arrest by the Sudanese authorities.
November 2008
TIME FOR CHANGE - Reforming Sudan's Legislation on Rape and Sexual Violence
November 2008
Commons on draft amendment of the Criminal Act 2008
October 2008
Draft Penal Code amendment Position Paper
October 2008
Sudan: Explanatory Note - Draft of (Amended) Criminal Act 2008
October 2008
Reforming Sudan's Legislation on Rape and Sexual Violence - Position Paper
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September 2008
Reforming Sudan's Legislation on Rape and Sexual Violence - Briefing Paper
September 2008
Press Statement: Sudan - Police Forces Act falls short of the Bill of Rights
June 2008
Briefing note on section 45 (1) of the draft Police Forces Bill
May 2008
Briefing note on chapter 9 of the draft Police Forces Bill
May 2008
Criminal Law and Human Rights in Sudan - A Baseline Study
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March 2008
Criminal Law and your rights
March 2008
Criminal Law Reform and Human Rights in Sudan - A primer
March 2008
History of Law Reform in Sudan
February 2008
Criminal Law Reform Sudan - Resource Materials
February 2008
Project for Criminal Law Reform - Sudan (PCLRS)
January 2008
Priorities for Criminal Law Reform in Sudan - An option paper prepared by REDRESS and KCHRED
January 2008
Submissions to the Board of Directors of the ICC Victims' Trust Fund
November 2007
Making the ICC relevant to affected communities Report prepared for the 6th Assembly of States Parties, New York
November 2007
Your Rights and the International Criminal Court A Guide for Victims of international crimes in Darfur
May 2007
Accountability and Justice for International Crimes in Sudan A Guide on the Role of the International Criminal Court
May 2007
State Cooperation & the Rights of Victims before the International Criminal Court: Paper presented by REDRESS at the 5th Session of the Assembly of States Parties, The Hague, Netherlands, 23 November – 1 December 2006
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November 2006
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL REMEDIES FOR TORTURE A Handbook for Sudanese Lawyers
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March 2005
Reparation for Torture: A Survey of Law and Practice in 30 Selected Countries (Sudan Country Report)
May 2003
