Soudan: 41st session of the Human Rights Council : Oral statement on the Interactive Dialogue on Sudan
41st
Human Rights Council session
Item 10: Enhanced ID on Sudan
Oral statement delivered by the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT)
Mr. President,
OMCT
and the SOS-torture network are worried about the human rights
situation in Sudan during the last months. They have documented hundreds
targeted arrests and detention of individuals involved in peaceful
protests against the regime of the former president. Many protestors
have been arrested and put in prolonged detention without judicial
oversight and assistance of their lawyers.
On
3rd June 2019 more than 118 peaceful protesters have been killed and
600 wounded by Sudanese security forces. There has been reports of
torture and ill-treatment including sexual violence against protestors
and individuals in custody and some have died as a result of torture at
the hands of security agents.
The
role played by the National Intelligence and Security Service and the
Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in all these human rights violations
particularly the use of torture and other forms of ill-treatment against
detainees, in secret detention locations, is particularly worrisome.
These security units are well known for their previous participation in
gross human rights violations and should not been left unpunished.
The
recent agreement found between the Forces for Freedom and Change and
the Transitional Military Council on 5th July towards the establishment
of transitional governing bodies, is not enough to ensure an impartial
oversight of all the gross human rights violations that occurred since
the beginning of the protests in 2018.
The
government of Sudan has repeatedly failed to ensure effective
investigations into allegations of torture and ill-treatment by security
forces and has failed to ensure effective remedies or provide
reparation to the victims.
We therefore call on the human rights council,·
- To
make sure that an international fact-finding mission is rapidly
mandated by to investigate on all the human rights violations that
occurred since 2018.
- To recommend that all
military officers found accountable of human rights violations should
not take part to the transitional Sovereign Council and should instead
be judged for their crimes
- To recommend that all victims of torture and ill treatments have access to justice, reparation and rehabilitation.
Thank you.