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GENERAL
E/CN.4/2006/111
11 January
2006
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Economic and Social
Council
COMMISSION ON HUMAN
RIGHTS
Sixty-second
session
Item 19 of the
provisional agenda
ADVISORY SERVICES AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
IN THE FIELD OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the human
rights
situation in the Sudan, Sima Samar
Summary
In resolution 2005/82 the Commission on Human Rights
decided to appoint a Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the
Sudan for a period of one year. The
Special Rapporteur, Sima Samar, travelled to the Sudan
from 15 to 22 October
2005 and delivered an oral statement to the Third Committee of the
General Assembly on 27
October 2005.
This report presents the findings of the Special
Rapporteur following her first mission to the Sudan
in October 2005. The Special Rapporteur visited Khartoum, Juba and Nyala in Southern
Darfur and met with a large number of interlocutors. The Special
Rapporteur also held meetings in Geneva prior to
the visit, including with the Permanent Mission of the Sudan in Geneva.
The Special Rapporteur concludes that the framework for
the protection and promotion of human rights has been improved through the
signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, the creation of the Government of
National Unity and the Government of South Sudan, and the Interim National
Constitution and the Constitution for the South of the Sudan, which both
guarantee human rights and fundamental freedoms.
However, despite the optimism generated by these
positive developments at the time of her visit to the Sudan,
she saw no significant improvement in the human rights situation. Peace talks in
Abuja were in progress while the conflict
continued in Darfur. No effective action had
been taken to disarm the Government-backed militia or Janjaweed. None of the
serious crimes committed during the 2004 conflict had been seriously
investigated or the perpetrators brought to justice. Immunities in place for
security forces were not repealed. The state of emergency laws continue in
certain areas and National Security continued to detain and torture persons they
suspected of crimes. Access to National Security detention facilities was
generally denied, with some exceptions. New laws were introduced which limited
fundamental freedoms of expression and association and were challenged in the
Constitutional
Court. The culture of impunity continues, especially
for the security forces, and the human rights situation remains of great
concern.
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FULL REPORT IS
ATTACHED.
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