Sudan's Human Rights Commitments
International Treaties
- International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (accession by Sudan in 1977)
- International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (accession by Sudan in 1986)
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (accession by Sudan in 1986)
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by Sudan in 1990)
- Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (accession by Sudan in 2003)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography (accession by Sudan in 2004)
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict (ratified by Sudan in 2005)
- Convention against Torture (signed in 1986, but not yet ratified by Sudan)
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (signed in 2007, but not yet ratified by Sudan)
Constitutional Law
- Interim National Constitution (2005): Bill of Rights
- Interim Constitution of Southern Sudan (2005): Bill of Rights
Universal Declaration for Human Rights (UDHR)
Besides English and Arabic languages, the UDHR is also available in the following local Sudanese languages: Balande, Dinka, Nuer, Otuho and Shilluk.
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