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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Repeal articles in the Sudanese Criminal Act and provisions of the Personal Status Law which violate basic personal freedoms and rights of women and girls. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:LatviaLatviaRegional groupEEGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
- Human rights defenders
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Take measures to foster a safe, respectful and enabling environment for civil society and human rights defenders, especially women HRDs, free from persecution, intimidation and harassment. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Marital rape
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
- Domestic violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Human Rights Committee recommended that the Sudan criminalize domestic violence and marital rape. [Para 5] -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Special Rapporteur on women urged the Government to set up a commission of inquiry, consisting of national and international members, to look into allegations of mass rapes in different regions. The Independent Expert was particularly concerned about the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence throughout Darfur. Reluctance of law enforcement officials to register or appropriately investigate sexual violence offences impeded victims' access to justice. [Para 33] -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Security Council emphasized that some of those acts against civilians, particularly women and children, may amount to war crimes or crimes against humanity against women and girls and investigations should be conducted and accountability measures undertaken. [Para 41] -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Sign and ratify CEDAW...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 53) ... Committees have been formed to study the possibility of acceding to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Gender equality
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:N/AContents:"Wage policies adopted by the State include wage equalization throughout all regions of the Sudan,
equal pay for equal work and equal pay for women and men, in accordance with article 32
(1) of the Constitution, which provides that the State shall guarantee the equal right of men
and women to the enjoyment of all civil, political, social, cultural and economic rights,
including the right to equal pay for equal work and other related benefits. [Para 57]" -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"The Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions (COHRE) recommended that the Sudan ratify international human rights instruments to which it was not a party, and which included the OP-ICESCR; the OP-ICCPR; the CEDAW ... [Para 2]" -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:HondurasHondurasRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:RejectedContents:Abolish the law that legalizes the Sunna...Explanation... We do not understand what is meant by the "law that legalizes the Suna" and we do not have a law that legalizes the Suna ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 105) Work began on a draft law to prevent female genital mutilation in 2007. The draft was reviewed by a national committee for the review of laws related to women's rights in 2012-2013, and a series of consultative meetings between the Ministry of Justice and parliamentarians took place.
Para 107) The National Council for Child Welfare, in cooperation with the National Council for Strategic Planning, drafted the national strategy 2008-2018 to prevent female genital mutilation in the Sudan. The aim of the strategy is to build capacity in institutions and in civil society, and to develop skills in society as a whole in order to help people to abandon this practice. Goals of the strategy include enacting legislation to prohibit and criminalize female genital mutilation ...
UN Compilation:
Para 36) UNESCO noted the strategy to eliminate female genital mutilation. It appeared, however, that the Sudan had not taken further steps to prohibit the practice and educate the women on their rights.
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Exert additional efforts in the field of providing care for persons with disabilities and in establishing national mechanisms to enable them to effectively participate in public life, while considering accession to the CRPD.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 79) The Sudan has ratified the CRPD ... -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:PanamaPanamaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:QuestionSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:N/AContents:Is Sudan considering extending a standing invitation to all the special procedures of the Human Rights Council? Does it intend to respond positively to the request of the Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children? -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:Egypt Peace … recommended to establish centers on the education of girls who have exceeded the official age to attend school in order to spread reading and writing. [Para 67]
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:UNESCO noted that the Sudan should be encouraged to: ... (c) amend its legislation in order to set the minimum age of marriage as 18 years old for boys and girls; [Para 44]
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Legislate for the prohibition of female genital mutilation.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 24) The State has continued to reform and develop domestic legislation by amending existing provisions or passing new ones, in line with obligations arising from international instruments and with a view to promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms. Since the submission of its second report, the State has issued the Constitutional Document for the transitional period in addition to a number of pieces of legislation, as follows: … (b) … • Criminalizing and punishing the practice of female genital mutilation (art. 141 (a) of the Criminal Code);
Para 94) (e) Female genital mutilation has been made a criminal offence under article 141 (a) of the Criminal Code as amended in 2020, and the Personal Status Act is being reviewed to bring it into line with international standards concerning age of marriage;
UN Compilation:
Para 48) The United Nations country team noted that, despite the recent adoption by the Sudan of a law criminalizing female genital mutilation, the prevalence of that harmful practice was alarming, with over 80 per cent of women nationwide subjected to it, reaching around 90 per cent in 7 of the 18 Sudanese states.
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:AustraliaAustraliaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Early marriage
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Raise the minimum age for marriage to comply with international child rights standards in order to prevent early, child and enforced marriages. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:South AfricaSouth AfricaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Increase access to school education for all children, especially girls ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 54) As part of its continuing efforts to ensure universal access to basic education, the State adopted its education strategy 2007–2031. The strategy aims to reduce disparities in quality and to increase the level of education among girls, focusing particularly upon nomads and displaced persons. Five-year educational plans have also been rolled out, which emphasize the importance of generalizing basic education, increasing rates of completion, reducing dropout and training teachers.
Para 64) The 2017 primary school enrolment rate and annual trends both show a significant disparity between girls and boys, depending upon the state. In fact, the overall enrolment rate for boys stands at 75 per cent while for girls it is 71 per cent. However, in most states the gap between boys and girls is small.
Para 71) One State initiative in the area of education has been the education strategy 2007– 2031. A five-year educational plan has also been rolled out, which emphasizes the importance of generalizing basic education, increasing rates of completion, reducing dropout, training teachers and creating new classrooms in order to address admission disparities.
Para 72) A strategy has been developed which aims to reduce disparities in quality and to increase the level of education among girls, focusing particularly upon nomads and displaced persons.
UN Compilation:
Para 45) The United Nations country team noted that the efforts of the Sudan to implement universal basic education had been undermined by low retention and high dropout rates as a result of early marriage, the distance children had to travel to schools and the high opportunity cost of attending school, among other reasons.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 67) Egypt Peace observed that most families did not allow their daughters to get an education as they believed that women should be a housewife. These traditions are affecting the girl’s rights to education. As a result, the primary school enrolment rate of girls is still lower than that of boys, and there is also a large literacy gap between boys and girls. It also noted that there are only 12% of female teachers in schools …
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:LiechtensteinLiechtensteinRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify core human rights conventions such as the CEDAW … -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:BotswanaBotswanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify CEDAW.ExplanationNoted. Ratifying CEDAW is under considerationImplementationNational Report:
Para 22) Sudan is in the process of ratifying the following instruments: • CEDAW (1979);
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:FijiFijiRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupPIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Intensify efforts towards ratifying the CEDAW. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Costa RicaCosta RicaRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the CEDAW and prohibit female genital mutilation.ExplanationNoted. Ratifying CEDAW is under consideration.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 22) Sudan is in the process of ratifying the following instruments: • CEDAW (1979);
Para 24) The State has continued to reform and develop domestic legislation by amending existing provisions or passing new ones, in line with obligations arising from international instruments and with a view to promoting and protecting human rights and fundamental freedoms. Since the submission of its second report, the State has issued the Constitutional Document for the transitional period in addition to a number of pieces of legislation, as follows: … (b) … • Criminalizing and punishing the practice of female genital mutilation (art. 141 (a) of the Criminal Code);
Para 85) In recognition of the efforts the Government has made in this connection, in February 2019 UNESCO awarded its Prize in Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts to the National Council for Child Welfare for the success of the Saleema initiative to end female genital mutilation.
Para 89) Social support is being provided to midwives and they are being given their own projects to run in order to improve their income and encourage them to abandon harmful traditional practices.
Para 93) In order to raise the general level of awareness among security services and the judiciary regarding domestic and sexual violence and female genital mutilation, security and judicial officials have received training, both in Sudan and abroad, on the subject of violence against women and children.
Para 94) (e) Female genital mutilation has been made a criminal offence under article 141 (a) of the Criminal Code as amended in 2020, and the Personal Status Act is being reviewed to bring it into line with international standards concerning age of marriage; (f) A strategy to end female genital mutilation 2021–2030 has been drafted and is currently in the final stages of approval, and a proposal has been made to include that issue in the school curriculum.
UN Compilation:
Para 48) The United Nations country team noted that, despite the recent adoption by the Sudan of a law criminalizing female genital mutilation, the prevalence of that harmful practice was alarming, with over 80 per cent of women nationwide subjected to it, reaching around 90 per cent in 7 of the 18 Sudanese states.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 71) The Helena Kennedy Centre for international Justice noted that Sudan has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world: It is reported that 88% of women aged 15-49 have been cut.
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:SpainSpainRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- Rights of same-sex desiring persons
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Pursue efforts to move towards the decriminalization of consensual same sex relations between adults.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:ChileChileRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIIssue:
- Intersex persons' rights
- Discrimination based on sexual orientation
- Discrimination based on gender identity
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Push forward for the elimination of discriminatory provisions affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex persons.ExplanationNoted.ImplementationUN Compilation:
Para 12) The HR Committee was concerned about the persistence of entrenched discriminatory provisions in legislation, in particular …regarding sexual orientation.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 28) JS14 noted that Sudan applied the death penalty for some crimes, including to crimes not considered “the most serious.” Recent, important changes to the Criminal Act 1991 repealed the death penalty for the crimes of apostasy and consensual same-sex relations.
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab EmiratesRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupOICALIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Integrate women's issues in all sectors, and support women to carry out their functions and to develop their capacities and skills. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:CanadaCanadaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupOASOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Sexual violence
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Take measures to ensure justice for the families and survivors of the June 3, 2019 crackdown on peaceful protestors and those killed and injured since October 25, 2021, including survivors of sexual and gender based violence. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Early marriage
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Forced marriage
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:JS3 noted that women are required to have a guardian in marriage contracts and recommend enacting laws that prohibit child and forced marriage, setting the age of marriage at 18 for both girls and boys. [Para 38]