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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Reference AddressedContents:ANND recommended strengthening legislative framework and institutional mechanisms in the fight against discrimination and VAW by adopting a strategy. [Para 36] -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:NeglectedContents:JS3 noted that only 5% of girls and 11% of boys have comprehensive knowledge on HIV/STDs and their modes of transmission. JS3 recommended Sudan to adopt a national HIV/AIDS awareness campaign and ensure access to appropriate HIV/AIDS education. [Para 62] -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:National ReportIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:N/AContents:Following an international forum on development held in Darfur in August 2012, a reconstruction and development fund for Darfur was established which finances return and resettlement projects and funds development. The fund also oversees the implementation of development projects and ensures that the needs of women ... are met. [Para 92] -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify, without limiting reservations, 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:
- Women's participation
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:N/AContents:"The Electoral Act was passed in 2008 and serves as the basic legal framework for
the conduct of elections in the different states of the Sudan, including Southern Sudan.
During the period 11–15 April 2010, the Sudan held the first multiparty elections for 20
years at the national, state and local levels. The seats of President of the Republic and state
governors were contested, in addition to seats on the National Legislative Council and state
councils. The elections drew a wide turnout from all sectors of society, including women,
for whom a quota of 25 per cent of legislative seats was set. Women also contested other
seats. Other segments of society taking part in the voting included displaced persons,
refugees, prison inmates and hospital inpatients. [Para 44]" -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Birth registration
Type:Review DocumentationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:Reference AddressedContents:"CRC in 2010 recommended that the Sudan ensure that birth registration be free and compulsory in practice, establish birth registration facilities, including mobile birth registration units at the local, community and village levels, and conduct awareness-raising campaigns to promote birth registration. [Para 37]" -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:[The Independent Expert] called upon the Government to swiftly establish the 12 independent commissions provided for in the constitutional document, in particular those pertaining to peace, legal reform, transitional justice, human rights, women’s rights and gender equality, and in that context, ensure a consultative approach to reform the existing National Human Rights Commission with a broad mandate to protect and promote human rights, including economic, social and cultural rights, in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles). [Para 10]
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Stakeholder SummaryIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Not Followed up with a RecommendationContents:JS23 recommended to repeal Article 152 (public decency law) in the Criminal Code, used by authorities to target Christian women and girls for alleged indecent clothing. [Para 76]
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:UN CompilationIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:Review DocumentationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Reference AddressedContents:The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan recommended that the Government ratify the international human rights conventions that the Sudan had not yet ratified, including the CEDAW … [Para 2]
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:PortugalPortugalRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOEIIssue:
- HIV and AIDS
- Right to health
- Training for state personnel on sexual rights issues
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Increase the investment in the health sector, including human rights training for health personnel, and take measures to eliminate all forms of barriers, stigma and discrimination, creating a safe and enabling environment in health settings for all, including for persons affected by HIV and key populations. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:ThailandThailandRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Expedite the ratification of the CEDAW, and effectively implement a National Gender Equality Action Plan. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:IrelandIrelandRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Ratify the UN CEDAW, and ensure the full, equal and meaningful participation of women. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:IcelandIcelandRegional groupWEOGIssue:
- International human rights instruments
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Ratify the CEDAW without reservations to Articles 2 and 16.ExplanationNoted. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:BelgiumBelgiumRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUOIFIssue:
- Gender perspective in policies, programmes
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Ensure continued consultation with women's rights groups and include a gender perspective throughout the implementation of the Juba peace agreement, including in security and military sector reform. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:AustriaAustriaRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Draft their Constitutions in an inclusive process with the participation of civil society, women and minorities ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 55) As of 2011, work began on drafting a permanent Constitution. The process has involved all stakeholders, including the executive, the legislature, political forces, civil society organizations, academic institutions, representatives of women and young people as well as local authorities and other grass-roots components of society. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:EgyptEgyptRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Pursue efforts to combat violence against women. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:DjiboutiDjiboutiRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALOIFIssue:
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:40th Session, January 2022Status:AcceptedContents:Strengthen measures aimed at eradicating female genital mutilation through a more repressive legal arsenal against its perpetrators, as well as through the implementation of existing laws and policies prohibiting these practices in all their forms. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:GhanaGhanaRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOIFCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Consider ratifying the CEDAW.ImplementationNational 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:MalaysiaMalaysiaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupPolitical groupASEANOICCommonwealthIssue:
- Gender equality
- Violence against women / gender-based violence
- Women's participation
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Take concrete measures to eliminate all discrimination against women, improve women representation in leadership positions, and protect women against all forms of violence.ImplementationNational Report:
Para 19) The Government has continued to develop strategies, plans and programmes, which it is seeking to roll out. They include: … Standard national operating procedures for the prevention of gender-based violence 2020;
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: … (c) The process of legislative reform also envisages the review and enactment or a number of bills: … • Bill to combat domestic violence;
Para 69) In line with the Constitutional Document, the Government has appointed women to leadership positions, including that of presidency of a state and head of a ministry, as well as to leading roles in the judiciary.
Para 76) The Constitutional Document and the Juba Peace Agreement envisage a political will to uphold freedoms and to provide opportunities for the involvement of women at a level of at least 40 per cent.
Para 75) The State’s responsibility to protect women’s rights as enshrined in international and regional agreements ratified by Sudan is set forth in article 49 of the Constitutional Document, which upholds women’s rights in all areas and enjoins the State to practise positive discrimination in their favour, to combat customs and traditions that are harmful to their dignity and to provide free health care for mothers, children and pregnant women.
Para 76) The Constitutional Document and the Juba Peace Agreement envisage a political will to uphold freedoms and to provide opportunities for the involvement of women at a level of at least 40 per cent.
Para 77) The State has developed its national strategy to combat violence against women 2015– 2030.
Para 80) On 17 February 2020, a document was approved containing unified standard working procedures to address and respond to cases of gender-based violence in Sudan.
Para 81) The Unit to Combat Violence against Women has been created, with support from UNFPA. The Unit, which acts as a coordinating mechanism for the implementation of policies intended to prevent anti-female violence, has been running a hotline for women who have suffered violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. Family and child units in the capital city and in the states also work to combat violence against girls. They include the General Directorate for Women and the Family, the Unit to Combat Violence against Women (which has 18 branches in the capital and in the states), state-level women’s mechanisms and sectoral ministries. Moreover, there are women and family affairs departments in a number of ministries and government institutions, including in their offices at the state level.
Para 82) With a view to ensuring the provision of integrated health services for women and girls who are victims of sexual violence, the Public Prosecutor issued circular No. 6 of 2016 under which women who have suffered violence or serious abuse are to be given priority access to immediate treatment and assistance. Under the order, such cases are given precedence over other cases and are not required to fulfil the requirements of schedule 8 before gaining access to testing, treatment or assistance. They also have the right to pursue legal action on the basis of the medical report, leading to the punishment of the offenders and compensation for the victim.
Para 84) Family and child protection units, which incorporate specialized prosecution offices, have been set up in all states of Sudan.
Para 99) In its efforts to pursue the effective implementation of legislative measures intended to combat violence against women and children, the State has taken steps to protect women and girls, particularly those with disabilities. In terms of legislation, the Criminal Code envisages penalties for crimes, such as sexual harassment, that fall under the definition of violence against women, while the 2014 Anti-Human Trafficking Act, as amended in 2021, envisages harsher penalties for trafficking when the victims are women, children or persons with disabilities.
Para 101) … Moreover, in order to promote gender equality and to empower women and girls with disabilities and help them exercise their human rights, the protection of women with disabilities has been included in the raft of integrated policies envisaged under the national strategy to combat violence against women.
UN Compilation:
Para 8) The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan welcomed the reports on the endorsement of the Miscellaneous Amendments Act by the Joint Council in July 2020, which provided for amendments to the Criminal Code of 1991. … The Act also criminalized actions that included gender-based discrimination and provided for better protection for women’s rights.
Para 12) The HR Committee was concerned about the persistence of entrenched discriminatory provisions in legislation, in particular in the areas of family law and personal status …
Para 46) The Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in the Sudan noted that women in the Sudan were at the forefront of the peaceful protest. They had also been among the primary victims of violence, including human rights violations and sexual violence, during the course of the protest and the reporting period. He commended the great emphasis the constitutional document placed on women’s rights. Article 7 (7) provided for assurances to guarantee and promote women’s rights in the Sudan in all social, political and economic fields, and to combat all forms of discrimination against women, taking into account provisional preferential measures in both war and peace. Article 48 expanded women’s rights provisions by stating that all women’s rights enshrined in international and regional treaties ratified by the Sudan would be recognized and protected by the State.
Para 47) The United Nations country team noted that gender-based violence remained hugely underreported and was a critical concern in the Sudan both in humanitarian and conflict settings, exacerbated by the exit of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur.
Stakeholder Summary:
Para 70) JS22 noted that, because of the political and economic situation, violence against women and girls, and gender disparities have exacerbated to an extent that required urgent and comprehensive measures to address the problem as a national crisis. JS22 noted the launch of a hotline for domestic and gender-based violence as a positive step …
Para 74) JS24 noted that women and girls were unequal before the law. For example, the testimony of two women being needed to counteract that of one man in certain trials before a judge. A widow can only inherit one-eighth of her husband’s estate, with the remainder going to the children. Even then, a two to one majority share would be inherited by the sons versus the daughter. Legal measures also include adultery charges for Muslim women that choose to marry a non-Muslim man, but the lack of penalty in the reverse situation for men.
Para 75) JS13 noted that the Juba Agreement stipulates women’s representation in all levels of government and decision-making in a fair and effective manner, with a representation of no less than 40%. Thus, a representation rate of 15.3% in the current cabinet is an explicit violation and contravention of the Constitution.
Para 76) JS23 noted that the Miscellaneous Amendments Act abolished flogging for violation of the public decency law, envisaged by Article 152 of the Criminal Code, and removed the wording “wears an indecent or immoral dress”. However, Article 152 can still be used, as it has been in its past form, by authorities to target Christian women and girls for indecent clothing (on the basis of not covering their head or wearing trousers) with reference to its legally vague language without a safeguard for an objective standard.
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State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:DenmarkDenmarkRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Women's and / or girls' rights
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Give priority to ensure independent, impartial and effective investigations into violations of women's rights. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Sierra LeoneSierra LeoneRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICCommonwealthIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:Unclear ResponseContents:Sign and ratify the CEDAW.ExplanationNoted. Ratifying CEDAW is under consideration.ImplementationNational 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:HondurasHondurasRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- Harmful practices based on cultural / traditional values
- Female genital mutilation / cutting
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:... Completely eradicate the practice of female genital mutilation through education and awareness campaigns in the communities ...ImplementationNational Report:
Para 106) In cooperation with UNICEF the Government has launched the "Salima" campaign which is a social media initiative designed to prevent female genital mutilation. It focuses on bringing about change in society rather than in the individual, making change socially acceptable and disseminating knowledge and awareness about the harmful effects of female genital mutilation.
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 ... raising awareness in society ... The implementation of the strategy is proceeding as planned.
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:El SalvadorEl SalvadorRegional groupGRULACPolitical groupOASOEIACSIssue:
- 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:ItalyItalyRegional groupWEOGPolitical groupEUIssue:
- Other
Type:RecommendationSession:25th session, May 2016Status:AcceptedContents:Allow unrestricted and independent humanitarian access to all areas which are still affected by conflicts in order to make it possible to provide assistance to civilians, in particular women and children. -
State Under Review:SudanSudanRegional groupAfrica GroupPolitical groupAUOICALSource Of Reference:Republic of KoreaRepublic of KoreaRegional groupAsia-Pacific GroupIssue:
- International human rights instruments
- Gender equality
Type:RecommendationSession:11th session, May 2011Status:AcceptedContents:Consider acceding to 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.