Stakeholder Summary >> Sudan, Review Documentation, 11th session, May 2011

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State under Review
Recommendation
"JS7 stated that the 1991 Penal Code of the Sudan (Act No. 8 1991) and the Penal
Code adopted in Southern Sudan imposed criminal sanctions on some forms of sexual
activity between consenting adults. It recommended that the Sudan bring its laws in
conformity with its international human rights obligations, by repealing all provisions
which may be applied to criminalise sexual activity between consenting adults. [Para 46]"
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Response