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Sudan: Government confronts Students with Tear Gas, Arrests and Torture

SUD - News | 24 October 2012
Alkarama condemns the oppressive and violent treatment of Sudanese university students who demonstrated demanding freedom and democracy last June. The security forces used violence that resulted in the deaths of more than ten students , and hundreds of arrests accompanied by torture.
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Sudan - HR Instruments

International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)

ICCPR: Accessed on 18.03.1986
Optional Protocol: No

State report: Due on 31.07.2017 (5th)
Last concluding observations: 22.07.2014

Convention against Torture (CAT)

CAT: Signed on 04.06.1986
Optional Protocol: No
Art. 20 (Confidential inquiry): No
Art. 22 (Individual communications): No

International Convention for the Protection of all Persons from Enforced Disappearance (CED)

No

Universal Periodic Review (UPR)

Last review: 05.2011 (1st cycle)
Next review: 2016 (2nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

National Commission for Human Rights of Sudan – Not accredited