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Sudan: Enforced Disappearance and Torture of Political Activist

30 September 2015

On 16 September 2015, Alkarama and the Arab Coalition for Sudan (ACS) sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances (WGEID) regarding the abduction of member of the Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Babacar Moussa Issa, by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on 27 August 2015. Secretly detained by the NISS, Babacar would have been repeatedly subjected to torture since his arrest.

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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 (5^th)
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 (1^st cycle)
Next review: 2016 (2^nd cycle)

National Human Rights Institution (NHRI)

National Commission for Human Rights of Sudan – Not accredited

Countries