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UN report on the human rights situation in Sudan 2006
May 22, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — The attached report is published today (22 May) by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The report covers human rights issues in Darfur, as well as in Eastern Sudan and Abyei.
However, much of it focuses on Darfur, the ongoing violence, the needed to end impunity, violations against human rights defenders, and the need to reform Sudan’s security apparatus.
The report covers the period of December 2005 to April 2006,1 and is issued by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in cooperation with the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS). It is the third report issued jointly by OHCHR and UNMIS.2 The report covers seven human rights issues:
– The impact of the conflict in Darfur on civilians and the Government of Sudan’s inability and unwillingness to hold perpetrators of international crimes accountable;
– The persistence of sexual and gender-based violence in Darfur;
– The ill-treatment, detention, and harassment of people who voice their human rights concerns in the Sudan;
– The problem of torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment in detention facilities in Khartoum and Darfur;
– Reforming the Government’s security apparatus to prevent it from committing human rights violations with impunity;
– The problem of Other Armed Groups (OAGs) in Southern Sudan and the three Transitional Areas (Abyei, Southern Kordofan, and Blue Nile States);
– Emerging human rights issues in Eastern Sudan.
UNHCR Sudan report 2006
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