Sudan Background Information
I. UN DOCUMENTS
Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Sudan, June 2009, A/HRC/11/14 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/11session/A.HRC.11.14_AUV.pdf
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, 2 September 2008, A/HRC/9/13
http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_e.aspx?si=A/HRC/9/13
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Sudan, on the status of implementation of recommendations compiled by the Group of experts on Darfur, 2 September 2008, A/HRC/9/13/Add.1 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G08/154/14/PDF/G0815414.pdf?OpenElement
Concluding Observations of the Human Rights Committee, July 2007, CCPR/C/SDN/CO/3/CRP.1 http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrc/docs/AdvanceDocs/CCPR.C.SDN.CO.3.CRP.1.pdf
OHCHR in Sudan (2008-2009) http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Countries/AfricaRegion/Pages/SDSummary0809.aspx
Third Period Reports of States parties due in 2001: Sudan. 10 January 2007, CCPR/C/SDN/3 (State Party Report)
Secretary General’s Reports to the Security Council
Report of the Secretary-General on Elections in the Sudan, 28 July 2009, S/2009/391
http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/417/87/PDF/N0941787.pdf?OpenElement
Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Mission in Sudan, 14 July 2009, S/2009/357 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/394/31/PDF/N0939431.pdf?OpenElement
Report of the Secretary-General on the Sudan, 17 April 2009, S/2009/211 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/299/93/PDF/N0929993.pdf?OpenElement
Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Sudan, 10 February 2009, S/2009/84 http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N09/233/88/PDF/N0923388.pdf?OpenElement
Security Council Documents
Security Council Votes Unanimously to Authorize Mandate Extension for African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur, July 2009, http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2009/sc9721.doc.htm
Report of the Security Council mission to Djibouti (on Somalia), the Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Côte d’Ivoire, 31 May to 10 June 2008, 15 July 2008, S/2008/460, http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N08/423/31/PDF/N0842331.pdf?OpenElement
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA)
United Nations and Partners: 2009 Work Plan for Sudan, July 2009, http://ochaonline.un.org/humanitarianappeal/webpage.asp?Page=1768
United Nations Sudan Information Gateway
Sudan Humanitarian Overview, Vol. 5 Issue 1, April 2009 http://www.unsudanig.org/docs/SHO%20Vol5%20Iss01%20-%20final.pdf
UNICEF
UNCEF, "Highlights" - UNICEF Sudan's quarterly report, August 2009, http://www.unicef.org/sudan/resources_4337.html
UNICEF, Socio-economic and cultural barriers to schooling in Southern Sudan, 2008, July 2009, http://www.unicef.org/sudan/resources_5755.html
II- NGO REPORTS
Amnesty International
Amnesty International, Human Rights in Republic of Sudan, 2009 http://www.amnesty.org/en/region/sudan/report-2009
Amnesty International, Amnesty International Calls on Sudan to Repeal Law Penalizing Women for Wearing Trousers, September 2009, http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/news/amnesty-international-sudan-repeal-law-penalizing-women-wearing-trousers-20090904
Amnesty International, African Union Refuses to Cooperate with Bashir Arrest Warrant, July 2009, http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/african-union-refuses-cooperate-bashir-arrest-warrant-20090706
Amnesty International, Sudan: Amnesty International’s statement to the Human Rights Council, June 2009, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AFR54/015/2009/en
Amnesty International, African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights: Human Rights Situation in Africa-Sudan, May 2009, http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/IOR63/004/2009/en
Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch, The Way Forward: Ending Human Rights Abuses and Repression across Sudan, New York, October 2009, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/10/06/way-forward-0
Human Rights Watch, No One to Intervene: Gaps in Civilian Protection in Southern Sudan, New York, June 2009 http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/06/21/no-one-intervene-0
Human Rights Watch, “It’s an Everyday Battle” Censorship and Harassment of Journalists and Human Rights Defenders in Sudan, New York, February 2009, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/02/18/it-s-everyday-battle-0
Human Rights Watch, “There is No Protection”, Insecurity and Human Rights in Southern Sudan, New York, February 2009, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2009/02/12/there-no-protection-0
Human Rights Watch, Abandoning Abyei: Destruction and Displacement, New York, July 2008, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/07/21/abandoning-abyei-0
Human Rights Watch, Crackdown in Khartoum: Mass Arrests, Torture, and Disappearances since the May 10 Attack, New York, June 2008, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/06/16/crackdown-khartoum-0
Human Rights Watch, “They Shot at Us as we Fled”, Government Attacks on Civilians in West Darfur in February 2008, New York, May 2008, http://www.hrw.org/en/reports/2008/05/18/they-shot-us-we-fled-0
International Center for Transitional Justice
International Center for Transitional Justice, Reparation and the Darfur Peace Process: Ensuring Victims’ Rights, November 2007, http://www.ictj.org/images/content/8/8/886.pdf
International Crisis Group
International Crisis Group, Sudan: Justice, Peace and the ICC, Africa Report N°152, 17 July 2009, http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=6226&l=1
International Crisis Group, Sudan’s Southern Kordofan Problem: The Next Darfur?, Africa Report N°145, 21 October 2008, http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5738&l=1
International Crisis Group, Sudan’s Comprehensive Peace Agreement: Beyond the Crisis, Africa Briefing N°50, 13 March 2008, http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=5329&l=1
Refugees International
Refugees International, South Sudan: Urgent Action Needed To Avert Collapse, 26 March 2009, http://www.refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report/south-sudan-urgent-action-needed-avert-collapse
Refugees International, Sudan: UNMIS Must be More Proactive in Protecting Civilians, 7 January 2009, http://www.refugeesinternational.org/policy/field-report/sudan-unmis-must-be-more-proactive-protecting-civilians
III- COUNCIL OF EUROPE AND EUROPEAN COMMISSION HUMANITARIAN AID DOCUMENTS
Council of Europe, Sexual violence against women in armed conflict, Resolution 1670, 2009, http://assembly.coe.int/main.asp?Link=/documents/adoptedtext/ta09/eres1670.htm
European Commission Humanitarian Aid, Declaration by the President on behalf of the European Union on the announcement of elections in Sudan, Brussels, April 2009, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=PESC/09/41&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
European Commission Humanitarian Aid, Commissioner Louis Michel urges Sudanese to allow all international NGOs to carry-out humanitarian operations, Brussels, March 2009, http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/364&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly Report: The humanitarian crisis in Darfur (incl. Chad). Doc. 11355, July 2007, http://www.assembly.coe.int/Main.asp?link=/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc07/EDOC11355.htm
IV- GOVERNMENT DOCUMENTS
Department for International Development, Rewriting the Future for Sudan’s Children, January 2009, http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Media-Room/Case-Studies/2009/Rewriting-the-future-for-Sudans-children/
U.S. Department of State Report on Human Rights in Sudan (2008) http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/af/119026.htm
Department for International Development, The Timber Trade and Poverty Alleviation, June 2007, http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.dfid.gov.uk/pubs/files/forests_monitor.pdf
V- MAPS AND STATISTICS
Maps
UNHCR, Sudan Administrative Map, August 2007, http://www.unhcr.org/409224744.html
Statistics
UNICEF, Country Statistics, http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/sudan_statistics.html
